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| Keywords: Meroitic - Oil Lamp with Bound Prisoner - Walters 541549 - Side A.jpg 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 between 700 200 BC bronze W 4 1/8 x D 3 9/16 x L 10 in 10 4 x 9 x 25 4 cm accession number 54 1549 11681 Guilhou Sale 1905 lot 307 said to be found in Egypt Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1905 place of origin Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian art in the Walters Art Museum Meroitic art Archaeological bronze objects Ancient oil lamps POWs in Ancient Egypt | ||||
