Magical Container in the Shape of a Hippopotamus Deity

Medium

Glazed steatite

Dimensions

h. 6 cm (2 3/8 in); w. 3.2 cm (1 1/4 in); d. 4 cm (1 9/16 in)

Classification

Jar, magical, Taweret, Ipi

Period

Second Intermediate Period–early Dynasty 18

Department

Egyptian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of G. Macculloch Miller, 1943

Accession Number

43.8a, b