Object photograph·C00907·1927–1931

Pottery Black Glazed Ware oil lamp

Oil lamp of black-glazed pottery, shown in side view against a plain background — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00907. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A shallow oil lamp with a wide round filling hole at the centre, a small nozzle at the left end and a loop handle at the right. Its surface is dark with pale worn patches, and the base is a narrow flat ring. It is photographed in side view on a plain pale background, and the print is mounted on a pale card.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Oil lamp. Pottery Black Glazed Ware.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. En oljelampa. Pottery Black Glazed Ware.