Title: Hippopotamus-head amulet
Object type: Amulet, Hippopotamus head
Date: ca. 1981–1802 B.C.
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 12
Medium: Feldspar
Dimensions: L. 1.6 cm (5/8 in); w. 0.8 cm (5/16 in)
Credit line: Gift of Helen Miller Gould, 1910
Geography: From    Egypt      
Department: Egyptian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Hippos