Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue
Hippopotamus
Description
Faded faience
AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06
Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A small carved figurine depicting a hippopotamus.
This artifact is a small carved hippopotamus figurine made from a stone material, possibly limestone. The depiction is simple and stylized, with minimal detailing, reflecting common artistic practices for small animal figures in ancient Egyptian art. The surface shows some wear indicative of age.
decorative
Middle Kingdom
good
Materials
limestone
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116280941 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 22.1.80 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546629 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access).
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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