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Blue hippopotamus sculpture from ancient Egypt 4,000 years ago. Blue-colored pottery hippos decorated with river grass were often placed in tombs from the Middle Kingdom era. They are related to the life-giving Nile, again

Blue hippopotamus sculpture from ancient Egypt 4,000 years ago. Blue-colored pottery hippos decorated with river grass were often placed in tombs from the Middle Kingdom era. They are associated with the life-giving Nile, regeneration and tavaret, a hippopotamus goddess in charge of production and fertility. Perhaps it was placed in the grave to help the dead be born again.

Physical characteristics. Height: 5.7cm, width: 9.6cm. Material: Siliceous pottery. Craft: round carving. Color: light blue-dark blue-violet blue.

It is now in the Egyptian Antiquities Department of the Louvre Museum. How to get, how to buy. Date of storage: 1864.

Blue hippopotamus sculpture from ancient Egypt 4,000 years ago. Blue-colored pottery hippos decorated with river grass were often placed in tombs from the Middle Kingdom era. They are related to the life-giving Nile, again
Blue hippopotamus sculpture from ancient Egypt 4,000 years ago. Blue-colored pottery hippos decorated with river grass were often placed in tombs from the Middle Kingdom era. They are related to the life-giving Nile, again
Blue hippopotamus sculpture from ancient Egypt 4,000 years ago. Blue-colored pottery hippos decorated with river grass were often placed in tombs from the Middle Kingdom era. They are related to the life-giving Nile, again
Blue hippopotamus sculpture from ancient Egypt 4,000 years ago. Blue-colored pottery hippos decorated with river grass were often placed in tombs from the Middle Kingdom era. They are related to the life-giving Nile, again

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