Title: Seal Amulet in the Shape of a Hippopotamus
Object type: Scaraboid, hippopotamus
Date: ca. 1550–1295 B.C.
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Medium: Glazed steatite
Dimensions: L. 1.2 × W. 0.9 × H. 0.8 cm (1/2 × 3/8 × 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: Animals