Clay Hippos | Photos by Tales from the Two Lands

Clay Hippos

From Abadiya.

Predynastic Period, Naqada II, c. 3500-3200 BCE.

Acc. No.: Ashmolean Museum E949

Frog Shaped Stone Jar

Greywacke Palette with the Form of Two Birds' Heads and Ostrich Carvings

Greywacke Palette with the Form of Two Birds' Heads and Ostrich Carvings

Dish in the Form of a Trussed Goose

D-Ware Vessel with Painted Hills

D-Ware Vessel with Wavy Line Decoration

Shard from a Black-topped Red Ware Jar with White-Painted Decoration of Sheep and a Dog with a Collar

Palette in the Shape of a Sheep with Inlaid Eyes

Palette in the Shape of a Sheep with Inlaid Eyes

Amulet in the "Bull Head" Form with Inlaid Eyes

D-Ware Pot Decorated with Water, Gazelles, Desert Hills and Trees

Black-topped Red-ware Vessel with Rivet Holes

Shallow Bowl with a Ripple Finish

Two Black-topped Red Ware Vessels With a Model Vessel (left)

One Stone Jar (left) and one Ceramic Lug-handled Jar Painted to Look Like Stone

Vase with Painted String Decoration

D-Ware Vessel with Decoration of Two Boats with Male & Female Figures at the Prows

D-Ware Pot Decorated with Two Boats, With Gazelles in the Boat

Pottery Model of a Boat

Three D-Ware Vases with Wavy Decoration (Two with Wavy Handles)

Ivory Figurines

Bone or Shell Bangles, with Garstang's Original Excavation Card

Palette in the Shape of a Fish

Palette in the Shape of a Fish

Palette in the Shape of a Fish

Palette with Inlaid Eyes

Rectangular Palette with Rubbing Stone

A Jar With an Ink Inscription Naming Narmer

Sherd of a Pot with a Red Crown Motif

Two Female Figurines and a Clay Seal with the Name of Neithhotep in a Serekh

Female Figurine

Female Figurine

Female Figurine

Pot Sherd with Incised Serekh Topped by an Ibis

Obsidian Fishtail Blade

Mace Heads with Male Faces

Mace Heads with Male Faces

Amulet in the Shape of a Bull's Head

Female & Male Figurines

Jar with Boat Designs

Figure of a Falcon

Pear Shaped Macehead

Three Stone Lug-Handled Jars (Left) Plus Two Ceramic Lug-handled Jars Painted to Look Like Stone (Right)

Three Palettes in the Shape of Fish

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33rdCenturyBCE 34thCenturyBCE 35thCenturyBCE 4thMillenniumBCE AncientEgypt BeforeEgypt Clay Figurine Hippopotamus Liverpool Museum NaqadaII PredynasticPeriod UK VictoriaGalleryAndMuseumLiverpoolUniversity

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