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Source Description
Elaborate oil lamps with figural attachments were common at the royal court in the ancient kingdom of Meroë. This lamp depicts a captive nude prisoner, his hands bound to his ankles. The lamp would have been suspended by a chain from the collar around the figure's neck. A Meroitic symbol, perhaps an owner's mark, is incised on the prisoner's shoulders.
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Document identity
localId
11681
label
Oil Lamp with Bound Prisoner
core
obj
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object
citationUrl
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4
Source metadata
id
11681
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Oil Lamp with Bound Prisoner
description
Elaborate oil lamps with figural attachments were common at the royal court in the ancient kingdom of Meroë. This lamp depicts a captive nude prisoner, his hands bound to his ankles. The lamp would have been suspended by a chain from the collar around the figure's neck. A Meroitic symbol, perhaps an owner's mark, is incised on the prisoner's shoulders.
provenance
Guilhou Sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, 16-18 March 1905, lot 307 [said to be found in Egypt]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1905, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1st century BCE-2nd century CE (Meroitic)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Metal
lamps
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4
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4
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
10.4
height
9
depth
25.4
dimensionsRaw
W: 4 1/8 x D: 3 9/16 x L: 10 in. (10.4 x 9 x 25.4 cm)
Source extras
cul
Nubian
med
bronze
creator_ids
19133
collection_ids
EGY
exhibition_ids
2444
Page inventory
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photo
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photo
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photo
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photo
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