Object photograph·C04359·1927–1931

Lamps, metal (A.i.2266)

Metal oil lamp with a ring handle topped by a curled projection, spout to the right, shown in side view. — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04359. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A single metal oil lamp photographed in side view on a pale surface against a grey backdrop. The oval body has a broad filling hole on top and a long tapering spout ending in a nozzle at the right. A ring handle rises at the left and ends in a curled, hooked projection, and the surface is pitted and corroded.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Lamps, metal. A.i.2266

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Lamps, metal. A.i.2266

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