Head of a hippopotamus
This fragment of a figurine in terracotta represents the head of a hippopotamus with the upper part of the body incised by lines forming squares. The piece, which was found in the temple of Osiris at Abydos, dates from the Protodynastic Period. It carries numerous traces of colour.
potery
Abydos.
Inventory number E.0471
KMKG - MRAH
A. Behrmann, Das Nilpferd in der Vorstellungswelt der Alten Ägypter, Frankfurt 1989, I, doc. 50k
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