Object Number: Ha6240

Collection: World Archaeology - Egyptology

Object Name: amulet

Description: 8 faience figures moulded in the form of a pregnant hippotamus figure . Details of the face of a hippopotamus is moulded. She wears a long headress and stands with both hand rested on her rotund stomach. They are mostly pierced through a loop at the back of the neck. One is made of turquoise matt faience, standing on a rectangular base. The smallest one is standing on a thin rectangular base. Another is made of mint green shiny faience. One pale green shiny faience figure is crudely moulded and is pierced through the top of the head. The largest on is made of green matt faience, and has a broken nose. The others are all made of pale green faience, but vary in size.

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