Hippopotamus-Head Design Amulet Inscribed With Four Linked Ibex Heads.

Hippopotamus-Head Design Amulet Inscribed With Four Linked Ibex Heads.

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The back of this design amulet is decorated in relief with the head of a hippopotamus holding the tails of two crocodiles in its mouth. The base is inscribed with a device consisting of four ibex heads.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Met collection of ancient Egyptian art consists of approximately 30,000 objects of artistic, historical, and cultural importance, dating from about 300,000 BCE to the 4th century CE. A signifcant percentage of the collection is derived from the Museum's three decades of archaeological work in Egypt, initiated in 1906 in response to increasing interest in the culture of ancient Egypt.