Torch-holder
Ptolemaic Period
Not on view
Torches were used by workers in the catacombs at North Saqqara where mummified ibises were buried. Flammable material would be placed in the cup at the top, and once lit could be carried by the handle.
The torch was found with other broken pottery and small material in the fill in a set of small buildings associated with the catacombs. The buildings were used from the time of Nectanebo II onward and so the torch probably dates to the Ptolemaic Period.
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