lamp

An item at Louvre

Oval molded lamp with a slightly raised spout and a filling hole surrounded by a projecting disc delimited by an incised line. The spout is underlined by an arcuate incised line. This line and the filling hole are connected by two groups of two parallel lines. Between these lines are three perpendicular hatchings. Around the filling hole are alternating dots and circles very strongly incised, surrounded by an incised semicircle. The base of the lamp is very flat. It is decorated, on the underside, with a bay leaf.

Department of Egyptian Antiquities

An exhibit at Louvre

The collections of the Department of Egyptian Antiquities present the civilization that evolved on the banks of the Nile, from the end of Prehistory (around 4,000 BCE) to the Christian era (from the 4th century CE).

Louvre