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MM 1968:040 :: lamp

Object description: Mouldmade lamp; deep, circular body with a short rounded nozzle. A ring-handle with two impressed grooves as decoration on its edge, is placed at the rear. The shoulder is narrow and rounded, separated from the discus by an inward-sloping moulded rim. The deep-sunk discus is undecorated, has a symmetrically placed filling-hole and an air-hole is pierced at the edge of the discus. The lamp stands on a slightly raised base. Reddish clay covered with reddish-brown slip.

Data elements
References (3)

Inventory number

MM 1968:040

Serie nummer

3443

Object

lamp

Object, Swedish

lampa

Country - Findspot

Italy : Europe

Country, Swedish - Findspot

Italien

Material

Terracotta; Earthenware; Clay; Pottery

Material, Swedish

Terrakotta; Keramik

Acquisition

Gift from The Royal Academy of Fine Arts in 1968

Description

Mouldmade lamp; deep, circular body with a short rounded nozzle. A ring-handle with two impressed grooves as decoration on its edge, is placed at the rear. The shoulder is narrow and rounded, separated from the discus by an inward-sloping moulded rim. The deep-sunk discus is undecorated, has a symmetrically placed filling-hole and an air-hole is pierced at the edge of the discus. The lamp stands on a slightly raised base. Reddish clay covered with reddish-brown slip.

Period