Object photograph·C06136b·1927–1931

Terracotta lamp, So.395

Terracotta oil lamp seen from above, with a nozzle at the top, a handle at the bottom and a central filling hole. — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C06136b. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A pale terracotta oil lamp photographed from above on a grey mount. The round body has a raised nozzle at the top and a loop handle at the bottom, with a dark filling hole in the centre of the disc. Rings of small impressed marks decorate the rim and the shoulder around the disc.

English, translated from the original record

Terracotta lamp, So.395.

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