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Head of a Hippopotamus
ca. 1386–1347 BCE
- Medium
- Travertine (Egyptian alabaster) with traces of gesso and red pigment
- Classification
- Head, Hippopotamus
- Dimensions
- H. 14 cm (5 1/2 in); W. 12.2 cm (4 13/16 in); D. from back to jaw 15.2 cm (6 in)
- Culture
- Egypt
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Egyptian Art
- Credit line
- Purchase, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, Gift of Henry Walters, by exchange, Ludlow Bull Fund, Beatrice Cooper Gift, and funds from various donors, 1997
- Rights
- Public domain (Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
