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This is a pottery jug in the form of a squatting baboon-like monkey carrying a net on his back. Phoenician, 6th century BCE. From Grave 5/35 at Tharros, Sardinia, modern-day Italy. (The British Museum, London)
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Amin, O. S. M. (2017, September 06). Zoomorphic Jug from Tharros. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7205/zoomorphic-jug-from-tharros/
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