Baboon
Late Period–Ptolemaic Period
This small figurine depicts a baboon standing on its hinds legs with its arms raised. Baboons often stretch and chatter with the first morning light. Since standing with one's arms raised was an ancient Egyptian gesture for adoration, baboons in this position were seen as greeting and adoring the sun.
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