Title: Magical container in the shape of a hippo goddess
Object type: Jar, magical, Taweret, Ipy
Date: ca. 1700–1500 BCE
Period: Second Intermediate Period–New Kingdom
Dynasty: late Dynasty 13–early Dynasty 18
Medium: Glazed steatite
Dimensions: H. 6 × W. 3.2 × D. 4 cm (2 3/8 × 1 1/4 × 1 9/16 in)
Credit line: Gift of G. Macculloch Miller, 1943
Geography: From    Egypt      
Department: Egyptian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY