Title: Small statuette of a hippopotamus
Object type: Figurine, Hippopotamus
Date: ca. 3100–2649 B.C.
Period: Early Dynastic Period
Medium: Calcite
Dimensions: L. 8.8 cm (3 7/16 in.); H. 5.3 cm (2 1/16 in.)
Credit line: Gift of Egypt Exploration Fund, 1903
Geography: From    Egypt Northern Upper Egypt Abydos Osiris Temple Chamber M89 Egypt Exploration Fund excavations, 1902–03 
Department: Egyptian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Hippos