Object photograph·C09710x·1927–1931

Terracotta lamps

Terracotta oil lamp seen from above, with relief leaf and ring decoration around the filling hole and a nozzle with volute lugs at the base — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C09710x. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A single round terracotta oil lamp photographed from above against a plain grey backdrop. The flat disc has a raised rim, a ringed central filling hole, and relief decoration of leaf or petal shapes and small rings, with some surface wear and chipping. At the bottom a nozzle with a spout hole projects between two curved volute-shaped lugs.

English, translated from the original record

Terracotta lamps showing a pattern (Artberg, okt.1952).