The ancient Egyptians often snapped off the legs of hippopotamus statuettes before placing them in tombs, as these two examples show. The broken stumps of the smaller statuette’s legs demonstrate how bright blue glaze adhered to the white faience. The larger figure’s snout, perhaps also broken in antiquity, has been restored.
This text refers to these objects: 35.1276; 36.120
DIMENSIONS 1 3/4 x 4 1/4 in. (4.5 x 10.8 cm)
MEDIUM Faience, painted
•Place Made: Egypt
DATES ca. 1938-1539 B.C.E.
DYNASTY XII Dynasty-XVII Dynasty
PERIOD Middle Kingdom-Second Intermediate Period
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