Object photograph·C06475·1927–1931

Lamps Terracotta (K.559)

Terracotta oil lamp seen from above, with impressed decoration around the rim — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C06475. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A terracotta oil lamp photographed from above, with a round filling hole in the centre of a raised disc and a broken spout extending to the right. A band of impressed decoration runs around the rim, and similar marks show in shadow along the lower edge. The lamp is mounted on a pale card with a border, and a handwritten number is written at the bottom edge.

English, translated from the original record

Terracotta lamp, K.559, with a pattern.

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