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Hippopotamus figurine Late Period

Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), acc. 20.2.25. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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Accession: 20.2.25
Period: Late Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 25–26
Date: 780–525 B.C.
Date range: 780 BCE – 525 BCE
Materials: ['travertine (egyptian alabaster)']
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), Hippopotamus figurine (20.2.25). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/308

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Figurine, Hippopotamus. Late Period, Dynasty 25–26, 780–525 B.C. Travertine (Egyptian alabaster). L. 8.2 cm (3 1/4 in.); W. 3.2 cm (1 1/4 in.); H. 4.3 cm (1 11/16 in.). From: Egypt. Subject: Hippos. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1920.

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Materials Travertine

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Wikidata-Q Q96148565 tier-1
Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
Inventory-Number 20.2.25 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
MET-Object 544101 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)

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