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MM 1993:007 :: lamp filler

Object description: Small vessel for pouring oil into lamps. Round, deep body with a small, round, flat base. Long, narrow filling channel, and at the rear a horizontal handle in form of a stylised leaf. The flat rim has two lugs. Two nobs flanks the filling channel at the junction with the rim. On the nobs, the lugs and the handle are incised, concentric circles.

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Inventory number

MM 1993:007

Serie nummer

3568

Object

lamp filler

Object, Swedish

kärl

Material

Bronze; Metal

Material, Swedish

Brons

Description

Small vessel for pouring oil into lamps. Round, deep body with a small, round, flat base. Long, narrow filling channel, and at the rear a horizontal handle in form of a stylised leaf. The flat rim has two lugs. Two nobs flanks the filling channel at the junction with the rim. On the nobs, the lugs and the handle are incised, concentric circles.

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