Tesem (Ancient Egyptian: ṯzm, ) was the ancient Egyptian name for "hunting dog". In popular literature it denotes the prick-eared, leggy dog with a curled tail from the early Egyptian age, but it was also used with reference to the lop-eared "saluki/sloughi" type.[1] It was one of several types of dogs in Ancient Egypt; particularly the latter saluki/sloughi type of tesem having the appearance most similar to that of a true sighthound.