Seal Amulet Decorated with a Hippopotamus

Seal Amulet Decorated with a Hippopotamus

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The back of this seal amulet has been carved in the form of a hippopotamus. The image of another hippo is inscribed on the base.

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.