Reclining dog

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Dogs are rare in first millennium Egyptian depictions. By the Roman Period and perhaps already in the Ptolemaic Period a large spitz-like dog with a curled tail is associated with Isis. But a few terracottas that depict a more hound-like dog reclining or resting may date to the Ptolemaic Period. It seems to be this kind of dog that is represented by this figurine and also by 30.8.355. Whether they represent an interest in hunting or in a god(dess) associated with hunting like Artemis, a personal pet, or something else is unclear.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Met collection of ancient Egyptian art consists of approximately 30,000 objects of artistic, historical, and cultural importance, dating from about 300,000 BCE to the 4th century CE. A signifcant percentage of the collection is derived from the Museum's three decades of archaeological work in Egypt, initiated in 1906 in response to increasing interest in the culture of ancient Egypt.

Metropolitan Museum of Art