Object photograph·C05653·1927–1931

Pottery Red Figured Ware (M.55.11)

Oil lamp seen from above, with a central filling hole, a ribbed handle on the right and dark painted decoration — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05653. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A round lamp photographed from above, with a raised ring around a central disc pierced by many small holes. A ribbed handle projects to the right and a short nozzle with a rounded end projects to the lower left. The surface carries dark painted designs, some worn, with lighter patches where the surface has lost colour.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Red Figured Ware, M.55.11.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery Red Figured Ware. M.55.11.

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