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 Egyptian faience hippopotami

“When placed in tombs, they were meant to supply the deceased with regenerative power and to guarantee his or her rebirth. Since the ancient Egyptians also feared these animals and believed that depictions of them could magically come alive, the legs of many such statuettes were probably broken off deliberately, thus eliminating the animal’s destructive potential.”

Hippopotami in Ancient Egypt

Isabel Stünkel

Department of Egyptian Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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