A QUARTZITE STATUETTE OF TUERIS, Protectress of Pregnant Women, wearing tripartite wig, the top of the head of the hippopotamus goddess cut away with a small tang protruding

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A QUARTZITE STATUETTE OF TUERIS, Protectress of Pregnant Women, wearing tripartite wig, the top of the head of the hippopotamus goddess cut away with a small tang protruding
Late Period, circa 6th-4th Century B.C.
1¾in. (4.5cm.) high

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Tueris was the protectress of pregnant women

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