Lamp with a depiction of Athena-Neith, Lamp decorated with a youth, standing on its container, leaning against a column topped with a bird's head bent over a palm capital. The young man stands cross-legged, dressed in a garment that can be interpreted as a chiton or as Roman armor with pteryges, he has a Phrygian cap, on his head, and his right hand rests on a circular object a tambourine or rather a shield. Mithra mythology, Attys mythology, Phrygian caps iconography, figural lamps, Class.Gal.Scen., Athena mythology. 1st–3rd century, Egypt, oil lamp. Height 19.5 cm, width 9.7 cm, depth 4 cm., A sculpted object in shades of brown and tan sits against a neutral gray background; the piece has a rounded base and an upright form with a carved head resembling a bird at the top, a vertical column with decorative ridges and leaf-like motifs, and the carved relief of a human-shaped figure wearing a short skirt and holding a rounded shield-like object, all showing textured, weathered surfaces w...
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Lamp with a depiction of Athena-Neith, Lamp decorated with a youth, standing on its container, leaning against a column topped with a bird's head bent over a palm capital. The young man stands cross-legged, dressed in a garment that can be interpreted as a chiton or as Roman armor with pteryges, he has a Phrygian cap, on his head, and his right hand rests on a circular object a tambourine or rather a shield. Mithra mythology, Attys mythology, Phrygian caps iconography, figural lamps, Class.Gal.Scen., Athena mythology. 1st–3rd century, Egypt, oil lamp. Height 19.5 cm, width 9.7 cm, depth 4 cm., A sculpted object in shades of brown and tan sits against a neutral gray background; the piece has a rounded base and an upright form with a carved head resembling a bird at the top, a vertical column with decorative ridges and leaf-like motifs, and the carved relief of a human-shaped figure wearing a short skirt and holding a rounded shield-like object, all showing textured, weathered surfaces with small pitted areas and subtle variations of ochre and rust tones.

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Lamp depiction Athena-Neith Lamp decorated youth standing container leaning column topped bird's head bent palm capital young man stands cross-legged dressed garment interpreted chiton Roman armor pteryges Phrygian cap head right hand rests circular object tambourine shield Mithra mythology Attys mythology Phrygian caps iconography figural lamps Class.Gal.Scen Athena mythology 1st–3rd century Egypt oil lamp Height 19.5 cm width 9.7 cm depth 4 cm sculpted object shades brown tan sits neutral gray background piece rounded base upright form carved head resembling bird top vertical column decorative ridges leaf- motifs carved relief human-shaped figure wearing short skirt holding rounded shield- object showing textured weathered surfaces small pitted areas subtle variations ochre rust tones.

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