Hippopotamus Head
Object type: Facsimile, Puyemre (TT 39), hippopotamus
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Twentieth Century; original New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III
Artist: Hugh R. Hopgood
Artist role: Artist
Date: A.D. 1914–1915; original ca. 1479–1458 B.C.
Medium: Tempera on paper
Dimensions: H. 13.5 cm (5 5/16 in); w. 21 cm (8 1/4 in)
scale 1:1
Geography: Original from    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes el-Khokha
Locale: Tomb of Puyemre (TT 39)
Excavation: MMA Graphic Section, 1914-1915
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1930
Accession year: 1930
Tags: Hippos