Hippopotamus ("William")
Object type: Figurine, Hippopotamus ("William")
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 12
Reign: Senwosret I to Senwosret II
Date: ca. 1961–1878 B.C.
Medium: Faience
Dimensions: L. 20 cm (7 7/8 in.); W. 7.5 cm (2 15/16 in.); H. 11.2 cm (4 7/16 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Middle Egypt Meir
Locale: Tomb B3  of the nomarch Senbi II
Locus: pit 1 (steward Senbi)
Excavation: Khashaba excavations, 1910
Credit line: Gift of Edward S. Harkness, 1917
Accession year: 1917
Tags: Hippos