Object photograph·C06135c·1927–1931

Lamps Terracotta (So.467)

Terracotta lamp with a ring of raised circles around its rim, two filling holes and a spout hole at the base. — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C06135c. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A terracotta oil lamp photographed from above on a plain grey mount. The lamp has a pointed nozzle at the top, two round filling holes near the centre and a larger round hole at the bottom. A border of raised circular impressions runs around the edge of the upper surface, and the centre is partly shadowed.

English, translated from the original record

Terracotta lamp, So.467, with a pattern.

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