Amulet of a Hippopotamus

Egyptian

Date

Predynastic Period, Naqada II–III (about 3500–3000 BCE)

Medium

Limestone

Dimensions

3.8 × 2.3 × 5.8 cm (1 1/2 × 15/16 × 2 5/16 in.)

Department

Arts of Africa

Credit line

Gift of Henry H. Getty, Charles L. Hutchinson, and Norman W. Harris