![]() Modern audiences often misconceive that ancient Egyptian art is devoid of sexual themes. The severely damaged Erotic Papyrus is the only known erotic scroll-painting to have survived. The various male images have also been interpreted as a single protagonist, who has several encounters with a courtesan. Depictions of sexual intercourse were not part of the general repertory of ancient Egyptian formal art, but rudimentary sketches of heterosexual intercourse have been found on pottery fragments and in graffiti. No other similar scrolls have yet been discovered. Its high artistic quality indicates that it was produced for a wealthy audience. The scroll was probably painted in the Ramesside period (1292-1075 BC). The women are nubile, and they are shown with objects from traditional erotic iconography, such as convolvulus leaves and, in some scenes, they are even holding items traditionally associated with Hathor, the goddess of love, such as lotus flowers, monkeys, and sistra. The men in the illustrations are "scruffy, balding, short, and paunchy" with exaggeratedly large genitalia and do not conform to Egyptian standards of physical attractiveness. The final two thirds of Turin Erotic Papyrus consist of a series of twelve vignettes showing men and women in various sexual positions. This part of the scroll-painting has been described as satirical and humorous. The first third depicts animals performing various human tasks. ![]() It is currently housed by the Museo Egizio in Turin, Italy. Measuring 8.5 feet (2.6 m) by 10 inches (25 cm), it consists of two parts, one of which contains twelve erotic vignettes depicting various sex positions. Discovered in Deir el-Medina in the early 19th century, it has been dubbed the "world's first men's mag". The Turin Erotic Papyrus ( Papyrus 55001, also called the Erotic Papyrus or even Turin Papyrus) is an ancient Egyptian papyrus scroll-painting that was created during the Ramesside Period, approximately in 1150 B.C. Fragments of the papyrus on display at the Museo Egizio di Torino For other uses of the term, see Turin Papyrus (disambiguation).
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