Object photograph·C06476b·1927–1931

Lamps Terracotta (K.473)

Terracotta lamp seen from above, with concentric grooves on its round disc and a crescent-shaped handle with two knobbed ends — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C06476b. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A terracotta lamp photographed from above on a grey card mount, with a handwritten label beside it. The flat round disc has several concentric grooves around a central filling hole with a raised ring. A crescent-shaped handle with two knobbed ends rises from the top, and the lower edge of the lamp is broken away.

English, translated from the original record

Terracotta lamp, K.473, showing a pattern.

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