Lucerna, Lamp ME5027, Evora, Portugal

Description

Roman clay lamp (lucerna) 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 a shell. The specimen presents 3 cm in height and 8,8 cm in long. It is currently preserved in the Frei Manuel do Cenáculo National Museum (Évora, Portugal). Catalog No. ME5027. 427 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. 150. SOUSA, J.J. Rigaud de - "Inventário de materiais para a arqueologia bracarense" in Bracara Augusta, vol. XX, nº 43-44 (55-56). Braga: 1966, pp. 165-178.