Plaque with a Dancing Dwarf with Large Phallus

1st century BCE-1st century CE (Late Ptolemaic-early Roman)

1.8 cm 4.2 cm 1.2 cm

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Dwarfs played an important role in Egyptian society. Dwarfism-a genetic condition characterized by unusually short stature and shortened limbs-is frequently represented in Egyptian tomb reliefs and statues, and the remains of dwarfs have been found in tombs associated with the...

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9556
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Abemayor, Cairo [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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Egyptian

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