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

Wooden Model of a Rocker With Hatshepsut's Name On It

Vessel in the Form of a Duck

Vase with Painted String Decoration

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

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

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

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

The Lapis Lazuli Lady

The Lapis Lazuli Lady

The Lapis Lazuli Lady

The Lapis Lazuli Lady

Stone Vessel in the Shape of a Lotus Blossom

Small Black-topped Red Ware Vessel

Sherd of a Pot with a Red Crown Motif

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

Shallow Bowl with a Ripple Finish

Rock Crystal Dish

Replica of a Label Bearing the Name of Hor-Aha

Rectangular Palette with Rubbing Stone

Pottery Sherd with Serekh

Pottery Model of a Boat

Pottery Model of a Boat

Pots Demonstrating Petrie's Typography

Pot Sherd with Incised Serekh Topped by an Ibis

Pear Shaped Macehead

Palette with Inlaid Eyes

Palette in the Shape of a Sheep with Inlaid Eyes

Palette in the Shape of a Sheep with Inlaid Eyes

Palette in the Shape of a Fish

Palette in the Shape of a Fish

Palette in the Shape of a Fish

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

Limestone Lug Handled Jar

Ivory Wand or Penis Sheath

Ivory Figurines Found in Naqada Royal Tomb

Ivory Figurines

Ivory and Greywacke Bracelet

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

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

Greywacke Ceremonial Knife in Shape of Bird Wing

Frog Shaped Stone Jar

Fragments of Painted Pottery from the Aegean

Fragments of Furniture Legs

Fragments of an Obsidian Vessel

Fragment of Ivory or Bone Vessel

Fragment of an Ivory Label

Fragment of an Ivory Box

Fragment of a Vessel with the Name of Merneith and the Name of a Building

Fragment of a Quartz Vase with an Inscription of One of the Names of Qaa

Figure of a Falcon

Female Figurine

Female Figurine

Female Figurine

Dish in the Form of a Trussed Goose

Diorite Bowl with the Name of King Khaba

Diorite Bowl with the Name of King Khaba

D-Ware Vessel with Wavy Line Decoration

D-Ware Vessel with Painted Hills

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

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

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

Clay Seal Impression Depicting Rows of Birds

Carved Soapstone Vessel with Blue Glaze and Decoration Imitating Basketwork

Burnt Clay Stopper with the Serekhs of Hor-Aha and Neithhotep

Bowl with Hippopotami

Bowl with Hippopotami

Bowl with Hippopotami

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

Black-topped Redware Jar with Sculpted Lizard Decoration

Black-topped Red-ware Vessel with Rivet Holes

Amulet in the "Bull Head" Form with Inlaid Eyes

A Jar With an Ink Inscription Naming Narmer

A Fragment of a Clay Seal with Two of the Names of Sanakht

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