Tusk – on hippopotamus back TUK-0003
By Kim, Hwidahm
, Tomb H45.
1909 : Egypt Exploration Fund excavation.Cairo, Egyptian Museum.
Date : Date provided by Droux 2015
Material : Ivory (undefined) (Carved)
Preservation : Poorly preserved
Preservation information :
The object is heavily damaged that the details in the figurine are indiscernible but probably it had a similar form as TUK-0001 as they were found together as a pair.
Decoration
It was most likey carved out of a hippopotamus incisor. The hippopotamus figurine is located on the bottom, from which the hollow tusk is emerging. Some series of holes are visible near the rim.
Comments
It was found in pair with TUK-0001. The ivory is probably hippopotamus ivory.
References
1911
Pre-dynastic cemetery at El Mahasna. Egypt Exploration Fund 31. London
, 12, 27-28, pl. XIII, 2.2011
Twinned hippopotamus figurines of the Predynastic period, in: Friedman, Renée; Fiske, Peter N. (eds), Egypt at its origins 3: proceedings of the Third International Conference “Origin of the State. Predynastic and Early Dynastic Egypt”, London, 27th July – 1st August 2008. Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 205. Leuven
, 352-353, table 1.
