Medium: Terracotta
Geograhical Locations:
Dates:ca. 4400–3100 B.C.E.
Dimensions: 1 15/16 x 1 x 4 3/16 in. (5 x 2.6 x 10.7 cm)
Collections:
Accession Number: 09.889.326
Image: CUR.09.889.326_left01.JPG,
Catalogue Description: Pottery figurine of hippopotamus. Very clumsy work. Slim body; mouth slightly opened; nostrils bored out; ears roughly marked. On right side a big rounded projection, indicating the eyes; a similar on the left side may have been broken off. Condition: half of forelegs and small part of hind legs missing. Lower jaw damaged. Right side covered with whitish efflorescence.