Artist's Painting of a Hippopotamus, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1479–1425 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Hatshepsut Hole, 1922–23, Limestone, paint, h. 10.8 cm (4 1/4 in); w. 12 cm (4 3/4 in); th. 1.7 cm (11/16 in), The hippopotamus on this ostracon was painted with the sure hand of a skilled artist who had no need of a grid. Other ostraca in the collection were clearly made as templates to be used when transferring an image to the wall of a tomb or a temple
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Artist, Painting, Hippopotamus, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca, 1479–1425 B.C, Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Hatshepsut Hole, 1922–23, Limestone, paint, h, 10.8 cm, 4 1/4, w, 12 3/4, th, 1.7, 11/16, hippopotamus, ostracon, painted, sure hand, skilled artist, no need, grid, ostraca, collection, templates, transferring, image, wall, tomb, temple
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