Ptolemaic suspension oil lamp shaped as a stylized boot
Medium:Mould-made earthenware
Geography: Made in Egypt, Nile Valley region; found in al-Fayyūm, Egypt
Date: 2nd to 1st century BC
Period: Hellenistic period
Dimensions:12.1 x 5.3 x 4.2 cm
Object number: 910.166.38
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. Walter Massey
Gallery Location:Gallery of Greece
DescriptionThis lamp is made of deep brown clay with fine gold mica (biotite)
particles indicating that it came from the Nile Valley and has
been created in a two-piece mould. It is in the form of a stylised boot with feet moulded on each side. The suspension hole is pierced through a termial shaped as a duck or swan's head.
