Lamp with a depiction of Athena-Neith, Mithra mythology, Attys mythology, Phrygian caps iconography, figural lamp. 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. 1st–3rd century, Egypt, oil lamp; height 19.5 cm, width 9.7 cm, depth 4 cm., A weathered, irregularly shaped object made of rough, brown material stands upright against a plain light gray background; the object has an overall earthy brown color with patches of darker brown and small areas of lighter, almost tan tones, a rounded top that tapers into a bulging midsection with a circular hole, a protruding lower extension that curves outward, a small rectangular label attached near the base with a strip of blu...
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Lamp with a depiction of Athena-Neith, Mithra mythology, Attys mythology, Phrygian caps iconography, figural lamp. 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. 1st–3rd century, Egypt, oil lamp; height 19.5 cm, width 9.7 cm, depth 4 cm., A weathered, irregularly shaped object made of rough, brown material stands upright against a plain light gray background; the object has an overall earthy brown color with patches of darker brown and small areas of lighter, almost tan tones, a rounded top that tapers into a bulging midsection with a circular hole, a protruding lower extension that curves outward, a small rectangular label attached near the base with a strip of blue at its edge, and subtle surface texture variations including small pits and scuffs.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A18_156

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Lamp depiction Athena-Neith Mithra mythology Attys mythology Phrygian caps iconography figural lamp 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 1st–3rd century Egypt oil lamp height 19.5 cm width 9.7 cm depth 4 cm weathered irregularly shaped object rough brown material upright plain light gray background earthy brown color patches darker brown small areas lighter almost tan tones rounded top tapers bulging midsection circular hole protruding lower extension curves outward small rectangular label attached near base strip blue edge subtle surface texture variations small pits scuffs.

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