Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/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)[reply]
Support; absolutely. Josh Milburn (talk) 01:50, 10 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Support, Easy, per nom. Mattximus (talk) 21:36, 10 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support, technically excellent. --Janke | Talk 08:13, 11 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
- 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)[reply]
  - 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)[reply]
Support Charlesjsharp (talk) 15:00, 12 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support Brandmeister^talk 08:49, 16 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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