Standing Hippopotamus
Object type: Figurine, Hippopotamus, Reniseneb
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 12–13
Date: ca. 1810–1700 B.C.
Medium: Faience
Dimensions: L. 11.7 cm (4 5/8 in.); H. 5.7 (2 1/4 in.); W. 5 cm (1 15/16 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Asasif, Birabi
Locale: pit tomb CC 25
Locus: burial of Reniseneb, back of mummy
Excavation: Carnarvon/Carter excavations, 1910
Credit line: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926
Accession year: 1926
Tags: Hippos