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, wearing a Phrygian cap, and resting his right hand on a circular object a tambourine or shield. Mithra mythology, Attys mythology, Phrygian caps iconography, figural lamp, Class.Gal.Scen., Athena mythology. 1st–3rd century, Egypt, oil lamp; height 19.5 cm, width 9.7 cm, depth 4 cm, A tall, narrow sculpture photographed against a plain light gray background, rendered in earthy brown and beige tones with some darker brown spots; the surface appears textured and weathered with visible rough patches and small holes; the form tapers toward the top and widens toward the base, with subtle carved contours suggesting a rounded top, a recessed midsection, and a series of horizontal ridges near the lower ...
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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, wearing a Phrygian cap, and resting his right hand on a circular object a tambourine or shield. Mithra mythology, Attys mythology, Phrygian caps iconography, figural lamp, Class.Gal.Scen., Athena mythology. 1st–3rd century, Egypt, oil lamp; height 19.5 cm, width 9.7 cm, depth 4 cm, A tall, narrow sculpture photographed against a plain light gray background, rendered in earthy brown and beige tones with some darker brown spots; the surface appears textured and weathered with visible rough patches and small holes; the form tapers toward the top and widens toward the base, with subtle carved contours suggesting a rounded top, a recessed midsection, and a series of horizontal ridges near the lower portion; the object casts a soft shadow on the backdrop and rests upright on a flat surface.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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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 wearing Phrygian cap resting right hand circular object tambourine shield Mithra mythology Attys mythology Phrygian caps iconography figural lamp Class.Gal.Scen Athena mythology 1st–3rd century Egypt oil lamp height 19.5 cm width 9.7 cm depth 4 cm tall narrow sculpture photographed plain light gray background rendered earthy brown beige tones darker brown spots surface textured weathered visible rough patches small holes form tapers top widens base subtle carved contours suggesting rounded top recessed midsection series horizontal ridges near lower portion object casts soft shadow backdrop rests upright flat surface.

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