Oil: Did you mean...?

The oil mill at Tatev Monastery used to provide oil from hemp, lineseed, and sesame to monks and inhabitants who lived within a short distance from the monastery.

Reconstructed 8th-century BCE olive oil press at Tell Hazor.

Oil palm harvester in Indonesia Photo by Lucy McHugh/CIFOR.

Red-figured squat lekythos (oil-bottle) with a tragic mask (perhaps Electra's) and a stage. Made in Lucania, Italy, c. 360-320 BCE. British Museum, London.

Oil lamp decorated with a four-horsed chariot at speed. Made in Italy, c. 40-70 CE. The British Museum, London.

From a workshop in Upper Egypt. The Greek inscription says "The Holy and Consubstantial Trinity Amen." 4th-5th century CE. Made from clay. (Hellenic Museum, Melbourne, Victoria).

Oil mills have existed in Armenia since the Urartian era, and their archaeological remains can be found in all regions of Armenia. This oil mill at Tatev Monastery in Armenia dates from the 17th century CE.

This is a terracotta oil lamp with orange clay and dull orange slip. It features a hollow handle in the form of a gorgon's head. This is a decorative example of the type of oil lamp that was used to light one’s home. 2nd century CE. Provided...

The whale oil refinery of the Amsterdam chamber of the Greenland Company on Amsterdam Island off the coast of Spitsbergen. Oil on canvas, 1639.

A Roman terracotta oil lamp depicting an erotic scene between two women. From Anatolia. c. 1st Century BCE. (British Museum)