Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · statue

Figure of a Hippopotamus

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Accession: 35.1271
Find spot: Egypt, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Predynastic Period
Date: ca. 4400–3100 B.C.E.
Date range: 4400 BCE – 3100 BCE
Materials: ['Serpentine', 'pigment']
Height: 3.9 cm
Width: 2.3 cm
Repository: Brooklyn Museum
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Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Figure of a Hippopotamus (35.1271). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/41998

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Caption: Figure of a Hippopotamus, ca. 4400–3100 B.C.E.. Serpentine, pigment, 1 9/16 × 7/8 × 2 1/2 in. (3.9 × 2.3 × 6.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 35.1271. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

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Found at Egypt

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BKM-Accession 35.1271 tier-2
BKM-Object 44887 tier-2

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