Object photograph·C06213·1927–1931

Lamps terracotta (So.494)

Terracotta oil lamp with a raised relief scene on its disc and a flat pierced handle at the left — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C06213. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A terracotta lamp photographed at an angle, with a flat handle pierced by three round holes at the left and a pointed nozzle at the right. The upper disc carries a raised relief of figures and forms inside a raised border ring, and the central forms are partly worn. Cracks and old repairs run across the pale body of the lamp.

English, translated from the original record

Terracotta lamp, So.494.

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