AN EGYPTIAN BLACK FAIENCE THOERIS
LATE PERIOD TO PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 664-30 B.C.
A composite goddess, protector of woman in childbirth, depicted with the head of a hippopotamus, the body of a woman, and a crocodile's tail at her back, 2in. (5.1cm.) high
AN EGYPTIAN BLACK FAIENCE THOERIS
LATE PERIOD TO PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 664-30 B.C.
A composite goddess, protector of woman in childbirth, depicted with the head of a hippopotamus, the body of a woman, and a crocodile's tail at her back, 2in. (5.1cm.) high
