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| Keywords: Egyptian - Hippopotamus with Aquatic Flower Decoration - Walters 48401.jpg The hippopotamus is an animal which was thought to belong to Seth the god of the wild and powerful nature The animal was regarded as a nuisance and an evil doer On the other hand the hippopotamus is also an animal of the Nile and therefore represents fertility and regeneration The hippopotamus figures of the Middle and early New Kingdom which are decorated with images of papyrus plants may refer to the fertility aspect This example is of a hippopotamus in a lying posture with its head resting on its front legs The green-blue color symbolizes the fertile nature and the papyrus buds and blossoms represent the protective place of the papyrus-thicket ca 1850 1600 BC Middle Kingdom-Second Intermediate faience with blue glaze cm 14 1 accession number 48 401 21669 Dikran Kelekian Paris and New York Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1923 place of origin Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian statuettes in the Walters Art Museum Ancient Egyptian faience in the Walters Art Museum Hippopotamus in ancient Egypt Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
