Ostracon of a Monkey.
This ostracon has an amusing drawing in red and black of a monkey standing on its hind legs and eating from a mound of grain gathered next to a building, probably a storehouse.
Above the monkey, a hieroglyphic script written from left to right reads, "The Scribe of the Granary."
This title suggests that the artist intended to use the animal character in what would normally be a human occupation to criticize human nature in an amusing manner.
Cross-hatching has been used to suggest the texture of the monkey's fur.
DEIR EL-MEDINAH
19TH DYNASTY
Inventory number JE 63799
EGYPTIAN MUSEUM
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