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Summary
This animal with a hanging belly, short legs and tail, oval head, wide mouth, and large ears shown flat against the head is probably a hippopotamus. Details of the figure are partly modeled, partly incised. The right leg has been reattached.
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artwork
egyptian predynastic art in the walters art museum
hippopotamus in ancient egypt
walters art museum
egypt
Date
0000
Source
Walters Art Museum
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