Monkey or meerkat, Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 500–200 BC, From Egypt, Faience, H. 5 × W. 1.1 × D. 1.9 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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Monkey, meerkat, Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 500–200 BC, Egypt, Faience, H, 5, W, 1.1, D, 1.9 cm, 1 15/16, 7/16, 3/4, Depictions, monkeys, popular, Egyptian history, Standing monkeys balancing, tails, date, later, faience example, excavated, Naurkatis, cache dating, late 5th-4th, centuries, BC
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