Object Number: Ha6798

Collection: World Archaeology - Egyptology

Object Name: amulet

Description: 2 faience figures moulded in the form of a pregnant hippotamus figure.One is made of pale green/yellow matt faience, and stands on a white oval shaped base. The headress has incised lines on it. Details of the face of a hippopotamus is moulded. She wears a long headress and stands with both hand rested on her rotund stomach. There is a pilaster at the back which is pierced at the back of the neck. The other is of similar moulding except it is made of green (now brown/grey) matt faience and stands with arms down by its side, and stands on an almost rectangular base. It has a more prominent loop on the back of the neck which has incised lines on it. There is a large hole in the front of the nose.

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