Title: Standing Hippopotamus
Object type: Figurine, Hippopotamus, Reniseneb
Date: ca. 1810–1700 B.C.
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 12–13
Medium: Faience
Dimensions: L. 11.7 cm (4 5/8 in.); H. 5.7 (2 1/4 in.); W. 5 cm (1 15/16 in.)
Credit line: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Asasif, Birabi pit tomb CC 25 burial of Reniseneb, back of mummy Carnarvon/Carter excavations, 1910 
Department: Egyptian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Hippos