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Turin Erotic Papyrus 1292‒1075 BCE
Around 1150 BCE, a draughtsman in Thebes was creating a papyrus scroll that contained illustrations of a story about animals. The animals are busy doing human activities and this takes up about 1/3 of the scroll. After completing this section, he drew a vertical line down the length of the scroll. He then began work on another subject, an erotic story, that had become popular among the locals.
We don’t know if the story was based on actual events or was just fiction; but, ever since the scroll resurfaced, three millennia after its creation, its drawings have been the focus of a variety of interpretations and speculations.
We don’t know if the story was based on actual events or was just fiction; but, ever since the scroll resurfaced, three millennia after its creation, its drawings have been the focus of a variety of interpretations and speculations.
In this cartoon we have a female figure who is painting her lips while positioned atop an inverted vase. She appears to be impaling herself on the pointed end of the vase while her partner points his finger toward her intimate area. Lest you have any doubts as to the purpose of the vase, you only need to read the captions surrounding her, which chide her lover for being so boring that she has to resort to toys!
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