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Ostracon Showing a Cat and a Mouse

Possibly a satire on upper class life in the Ramesside Period, or an illustration for a fable where the roles of cats & mice were reversed.

From Thebes.

New Kingdom, Dynasty 19-20, c. 1295-1070 BCE.

Acc. No.: 37.51E

Alabaster Jar with Floral Collar in Relief

Two Halves of a Knife Handle

Ivory Kohl Container

Two Halves of a Knife Handle

Statue of Sa-Iset the Younger

Statue of Sa-Iset the Younger

Alabaster Jar with Floral Collar in Relief

Canopic Jars and Covers of Tjuli

Canopic Jars and Covers of Tjuli

Ivory Kohl Container

Canopic Jars and Covers of Tjuli

Canopic Jars and Covers of Tjuli

Relief Depicting a Nobleman

Base for a Votive Model of a Temple Gateway

Relief Depicting a Nobleman

Shabti of Neferptah

Shabti of Neferptah

Wooden Shabti Belonging to Ramesses II

Relief Showing Offering Bearers

Wooden Shabti Belonging to Ramesses II

Wooden Shabti Belonging to Ramesses II

Ostracon Showing a Cat and a Mouse

Relief Showing Two Statues of Ramesses II

Stela Depicting Ahmose-Nefertari Behind the Seated God Amun with Her Son Amenhotep I Behind Her

Faience Tile with Lapwing Motif

Painting of a Statue of a King

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