# Hippopotamus ("William")

- Date: ca. 1961–1878 B.C.
- Medium: Faience
- Classification: Figurine, Hippopotamus ("William")
- Dimensions: L. 20 cm (7 7/8 in.); W. 7.5 cm (2 15/16 in.); H. 11.2 cm (4 7/16 in.)
- Culture: Egypt
- Credit line: Gift of Edward S. Harkness, 1917
- Museum: [The Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/544227)
- Rights: [Public domain (Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/eg/web-large/DP248993.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)