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Hippopotamus figurine

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Hippopotamus figurine

Period:: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty:: Dynasty 12, late–13 to 1700 B.C.
Date:: ca. 1850–1700 B.C.
Geography:: Country of Origin Egypt, Memphite Region, Lisht North, Tomb of Senwosret (758), inside, Pit 805, MMA 1907–1908
Medium:: Faience
Dimensions:: L. 9.8 cm (3 7/8 in)
Credit Line:: Rogers Fund, 1908
Accession Number:: 08.200.37

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Provenance

Excavated by the Egyptian Expedition of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Acquired by the Museum in the division of finds.
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Sculpture (24,350)

Faience (11,698)

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Africa (33,501)

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Mersa Matrûh (3,923)

Al Lisht (3,895)
When
2000-1000 B.C. (18,709)
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