Hippopotamus head amulet
Object type: Hippopotamus head amulet
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Middle Kingdom–Second Intermediate Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 13–17
Date: ca. 2030–1550 B.C.
Medium: Carnelian
Dimensions: L. 1.2 cm (1/2 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Asasif
Locale: East of Pabasa, Radim
Locus: Burial 6A.X.B12
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1918–19
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1919
Accession year: 1919