Lucerna Lamp ME5028 Evora, Portugal

Description

Roman clay lamp (lucerna) dated between the 1st century AD and the 2nd century AD, of unknown origin. Lamps fueled with olive oil and other vegetable oils were very common in the Roman world to provide artificial light. It is decorated with two heads, the left one represents a glabrous man, and the right one a bearded profile man. Between them is a vase. Irregular base with an engraved ring and potter's mark: "CO PPI.RES (p has a dot on top), abbreviated form of C. Oppi (us) Res (titutus). Bailey Type B-iii, Dressel 11, Deneauve VA. The specimen presents 2,5 cm in height and 9,4 cm in long. It is currently preserved in the Frei Manuel do Cenáculo National Museum (Évora, Portugal). Catalog No. ME5028. 588 photos from Canon 5D Mk IV. Completely processed (aligned, scaled, meshed, cleaned, simplified, unwrapped, textured) in Reality Capture. FERREIRA DE ALMEIDA, José Antonio - "Introdução ao estudo das lucernas em Portugal" in O Arqueólogo Português, Nova Série, II. Lisboa: 1953, p. 155.