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According to the Museum's Bulletin from that year, this hippopotamus is a "particularly fine example of a type found, in common with various other animal forms, among the funerary furnishings of tombs of the Middle Kingdom" and also an exemplary piece of Egyptian faience. [3] William may be seen in Gallery 111 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art ...
Original – "William" the faience hippopotamus is a small figurine in Egyptian faience that dates from the Middle Kingdom of Egypt. Found in a shaft associated with the tomb chapel of "The Steward, Senbi" at Meir, Upper Egypt, William dates from c. 1961 – 1878 B.C. during the reigns of Senwosret I and Senwosret II.
William the Faience Hippopotamus This page was last edited on 10 November 2023, at 20:02 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4 ...
Thanks to social media, people around the world have fallen in love with Fiona and Fritz at the Cincinnati Zoo and the adorable memes of baby Moo Deng. It’s easy to see why — baby hippos are ...
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William the Faience Hippopotamus; Wooden tomb model; Y. Younger Memnon This page was last edited on 15 July 2023, at 07:41 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
A faience sculpture, from the New Kingdom of Egypt, 18th/19th dynasty, c. 1500–1300 BC, when hippos were still widespread along the Nile Egyptian, first half of Dynasty 12, 1981 - 1885 BC. William the Faience Hippopotamus Egyptian god Taweret statue
William the Faience Hippopotamus; 1961–1878 BC; faience; 11.2 × 7.5 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art Kneeling portrait statue of Amenemhat holding a stele with an inscription; circa 1500 BC; limestone; Egyptian Museum of Berlin (Germany)