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

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

A Jar With an Ink Inscription Naming Narmer

Amulet in the "Bull Head" Form with Inlaid Eyes

Black-topped Red-ware Vessel with Rivet Holes

Black-topped Redware Jar with Sculpted Lizard Decoration

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

Bowl with Hippopotami

Bowl with Hippopotami

Bowl with Hippopotami

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

Carved Soapstone Vessel with Blue Glaze and Decoration Imitating Basketwork

Clay Seal Impression Depicting Rows of Birds

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

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

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

D-Ware Vessel with Painted Hills

D-Ware Vessel with Wavy Line Decoration

Diorite Bowl with the Name of King Khaba

Diorite Bowl with the Name of King Khaba

Dish in the Form of a Trussed Goose

Female Figurine

Female Figurine

Female Figurine

Figure of a Falcon

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

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

Fragment of an Ivory Box

Fragment of an Ivory Label

Fragment of Ivory or Bone Vessel

Fragments of an Obsidian Vessel

Fragments of Furniture Legs

Fragments of Painted Pottery from the Aegean

Frog Shaped Stone Jar

Greywacke Ceremonial Knife in Shape of Bird Wing

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

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

Ivory and Greywacke Bracelet

Ivory Figurines

Ivory Figurines Found in Naqada Royal Tomb

Ivory Wand or Penis Sheath

Limestone Lug Handled Jar

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

Palette in the Shape of a Fish

Palette in the Shape of a Fish

Palette in the Shape of a Fish

Palette in the Shape of a Sheep with Inlaid Eyes

Palette in the Shape of a Sheep with Inlaid Eyes

Palette with Inlaid Eyes

Pear Shaped Macehead

Pot Sherd with Incised Serekh Topped by an Ibis

Pots Demonstrating Petrie's Typography

Pottery Model of a Boat

Pottery Model of a Boat

Pottery Sherd with Serekh

Rectangular Palette with Rubbing Stone

Replica of a Label Bearing the Name of Hor-Aha

Rock Crystal Dish

Shallow Bowl with a Ripple Finish

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

Sherd of a Pot with a Red Crown Motif

Small Black-topped Red Ware Vessel

Stone Vessel in the Shape of a Lotus Blossom

The Lapis Lazuli Lady

The Lapis Lazuli Lady

The Lapis Lazuli Lady

The Lapis Lazuli Lady

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

Three Palettes in the Shape of Fish

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

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

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

Vase with Painted String Decoration

Vessel in the Form of a Duck

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

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

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