Lamp with Athena-Neit

Roman Period
A.D. 3rd century
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 137
Images created in terracotta were popular in domestic and funerary contexts. Athena-Neit is often depicted on lamps and lanterns. The association of the goddess with light is noted already in the fifth century BC by Herodotus who reports a nocturnal festival of lights in honor of Neit.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Lamp with Athena-Neit
  • Period: Roman Period
  • Date: A.D. 3rd century
  • Geography: From Egypt
  • Medium: Terracotta
  • Credit Line: Gift of Helen Miller Gould, 1910
  • Object Number: 10.130.1020
  • Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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