Object Number: Ha6180

Collection: World Archaeology - Egyptology

Object Name: amulet

Description: 7 faience figures moulded in the form of an upright pregnant hippopotamus. The facial features of a hippopotamus is roughly moulded, and it has a long headress trailing down her back. One is made of turquoise/blue matt faience and is stood on an oval base flattened at the front. It holds an incised symbol in front of it. Another is made of petrol blue faience, is a rather short and stour figures and is pierced through the top of the headress. The navel is indented, and the tail is formed to a point at the back. Another is made of matt faience (now brown) and is pierced through a square loop at the back of the neck. It stands with one leg forward on an almost rectangular base. The smallest figure stands on an almost rectangular base, is crudely moulded and is pierced through a square loop at the back of the neck. The other three are all made of mint green matt faience, and a re pierced through a square loop at the back of the neck. One is smoother and taller, and stands on rounded rectangular base. It has a rather beak like face. The other two are almost identical except one is thinner and has traces of cream residue on it.

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