Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/William the Faience Hippopotamus

William the Faience Hippopotamus

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Original – "William" the faience hippopotamus is a small figurine in Egyptian faience that dates from the Middle Kingdom of Egypt. Found in a shaft associated with the tomb chapel of "The Steward, Senbi" at Meir, Upper Egypt, William dates from c. 1961 – 1878 B.C. during the reigns of Senwosret I and Senwosret II. It is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and serves as an informal mascot of the museum.

Reason

High quality image. If passed, this would be one of the oldest man-made objects featured.

Articles in which this image appears

William the Faience Hippopotamus +3

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Sculpture

Creator

Unknown; photography by the Metropolitan Museum of Art

• Support as nominator –  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:41, 10 May 2017 (UTC)
• Support; absolutely. Josh Milburn (talk) 01:50, 10 May 2017 (UTC)

Looks a bit like a plump Eyeore. – Sca (talk) 16:52, 10 May 2017 (UTC)

• Support, Easy, per nom. Mattximus (talk) 21:36, 10 May 2017 (UTC)
• Support, technically excellent. --Janke | Talk 08:13, 11 May 2017 (UTC)
  • Comment: one of the oldest man-made objects featured... We obviously need to feature older objects, such as spear points, neolithic tools, etc. Any good candidates??? --Janke | Talk 05:35, 13 May 2017 (UTC)
    • I think that there are some hand prints featured that date back to 40,000 BC. I forget, however.  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 09:54, 13 May 2017 (UTC)
• Support Charlesjsharp (talk) 15:00, 12 May 2017 (UTC)
• Support Brandmeister^talk 08:49, 16 May 2017 (UTC)

Promoted File:Standing Hippopotamus MET DP248993.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 02:42, 20 May 2017 (UTC)