<em>Stamp Seal Hippo Amulet of Amunhotep III</em>, ca. 1390–1353 B.C.E. Glass, 3/16 × 3/8 × 9/16 in. (0.5 × 1 × 1.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1204E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.1204E_view1.jpg)

Stamp Seal Hippo Amulet of Amunhotep III, ca. 1390–1353 B.C.E. Glass, 3/16 × 3/8 × 9/16 in. (0.5 × 1 × 1.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1204E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.1204E_view1.jpg)

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Stamp Seal Hippo Amulet of Amunhotep III

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

On View: Egyptian Orientation Gallery, 3rd Floor

MEDIUM Glass

Place Made: Egypt

DATES ca. 1390–1353 B.C.E.

DYNASTY Dynasty 18

PERIOD New Kingdom

DIMENSIONS 3/16 × 3/8 × 9/16 in. (0.5 × 1 × 1.4 cm) mount (dims when mounted m1-37.1204E): 5 1/2 × 1/2 × 3/4 in. (14 × 1.3 × 1.9 cm) prop - magnifying lens: 2 × 2 × 1/2 in. (5.1 × 5.1 × 1.3 cm) (show scale)

COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

ACCESSION NUMBER 37.1204E

CREDIT LINE Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund

CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Dark blue glazed stamp seal surmounted by a recumbent hippopotamus. The head is turned to the left. There is a hole for a cord running from front to rear through the body. The stamp gives the name of Amenhotep IIII in plain incised hieroglyphs. Condition: Nick on right side of base; incrustation in hollows; otherwise complete.

MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in Egyptian Orientation Gallery, 3rd Floor

CAPTION Stamp Seal Hippo Amulet of Amunhotep III, ca. 1390–1353 B.C.E. Glass, 3/16 × 3/8 × 9/16 in. (0.5 × 1 × 1.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1204E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.1204E_view1.jpg)

IMAGE overall, CUR.37.1204E_view1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2014

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