Lamp with Athena-Neith

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Images created in terracotta were popular in domestic and funerary contexts. Athena-Neith 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 Neith.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Met collection of ancient Egyptian art consists of approximately 30,000 objects of artistic, historical, and cultural importance, dating from about 300,000 BCE to the 4th century CE. A signifcant percentage of the collection is derived from the Museum's three decades of archaeological work in Egypt, initiated in 1906 in response to increasing interest in the culture of ancient Egypt.

Metropolitan Museum of Art