Ostracon of a monkey playing double flute (aulos) to make a man dance.
New Kingdom, 19th to 20th Dynasty, ca. 1292-1070 BC.
From Deir el-Medina, Thebes.
Now in the Louvre. E 25309
Ostracon presenting a musician monkey with a dancer.
In painted limestone, with a height of 14 cm, 10 cm wide and 1.5 cm thick,
the ostracon dates from the New Kingdom
The ostracon figures a monkey standing playing the double flute in front of a naked woman who caresses her chin with a lascivious gesture and seems to invite her to follow her.
The woman seems to have been drawn in a second step by a different hand, in order to add an erotic dimension to the original scene.
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