Egyptian - Dog - Walters 22220 - Egypt

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Egyptian - Dog - Walters 22220 - Egypt

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The figure has been used as a game piece. This one has lost its tail. Game pieces such as this (usually figures of lions and dogs) were popular from the prehistoric period to the early Old Kingdom.

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