Monkey or meerkat, Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 500–200 BC, From Egypt, Faience, H. 5 × W. × D. cm (1 15/16 × 7/16 × 3

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Monkey or meerkat, Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 500–200 BC, From Egypt, Faience, H. 5 × W. × D. cm (1 15/16 × 7/16 × 3/4 in.), Depictions of monkeys are popular throughout Egyptian history. Standing monkeys balancing on their tails seem to date to the Late Period and later. A faience example was excavated at Naurkatis in a cache dating to the late 5th-4th centuries BC

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Size: 3467px × 5200px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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