Oil lamp / kola

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Title

Oil lamp / kola

Subject

ARCHAEOLOGY AND BUILT HERITAGE,HISTORY

Description

A stone bowl with a handle. Used as a light source. Fish oil, or other type of liquid fat, was put in the bowl and a wick into the oil. The wick was lit at the end, burning the oil as it was drawn up the wick. The bowl was found in Borgarfjörður in East Iceland. By that time the handle was broken off but was repaired by the finder.

Source

partners

Contributor

eulac3d

Language

Icelandic

Type

Physical Object

Identifier

Date Submitted

15/08/2022

Extent

18.5cm x 90.5cm x cm

Spatial Coverage

current,65.26259665005801,-14.396413564682009;find,65.52675562165831,-13.81711006164551;

Europeana

Europeana Type

TEXT

Physical Object Item Type Metadata

Prim Media

Material

stone

Natural Cultural

Cultural

Citation

“Oil lamp / kola,” PHIVE, accessed December 5, 2025, https://northernheritage.org/omeka/items/show/69.

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