Title: Monkey playing the lyre and carrying a dish on its head
Object type: Monkey, lyre, ointment dish
Date: 332–30 B.C.
Period: Ptolemaic Period
Medium: Cupreous metal
Dimensions: H. 6.5 × W. 2.9 × D. 3.3 cm (2 9/16 × 1 1/8 × 1 5/16 in.)
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1958
Geography: From    Egypt      
Department: Egyptian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Musical Instruments, term: Monkeys