Object Number: Ha6275

Collection: World Archaeology - Egyptology

Object Name: amulet

Description: 8 faience figures moulded in the form of a pregnant hippotamus figure.. 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. The smallest one is made of pale green matt faience, and is pierced through the back of the neck. Another is made of shiny turquoise faience as is pierced through a loop on top of the head. One is made of mint green shiny faience, has limited details and is pierced through a square loop at the back of the neck. It stands on an almost square base. The largest one is made of pale green (bleached now) matt faience and is missing its snout. It is pierced through a loop at the back of the chest. Another is made of mint green faience and is pierced through an incised, decorated pilaster type plinth at the back of the chest. The other three are all made of pale green faience, and a re all pierced at the back of the neck. One is missing the lower part of its legs. The other two are similar in moulding but one has a darker green colour.

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