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Fragment of roman clay lamp (lucerna) dated in the 1st 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 Artemis (Diana), facing to the right, wearing a pleated and girdled female knee-length tunic. She has her right hand holding what appears to be a bow and with her left one drawing an arrow from the quiver. Beside her is a dog, probably hunting. The specimen presents 2,3 cm in height and 8,5 cm in long. It is currently preserved in the Frei Manuel do Cenáculo National Museum (Évora, Portugal). Catalog No. ME5030.
391 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.