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Title: Hippopotamus Head
Artist:
Hugh R. Hopgood
Period: Twentieth Century; original New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III
Date: A.D. 1914–1915; original ca. 1479–1458 B.C.
Geography: Original from Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, el-Khokha, Tomb of Puyemre (TT 39), MMA Graphic Section, 1914-1915
Medium: Tempera on paper
Dimensions:
H. 13.5 cm (5 5/16 in); w. 21 cm (8 1/4 in)
scale 1:1
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1930
Accession Number: 30.4.210
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