Lucerna Lamp ME5032 Evora, Portugal

Roman clay lamp (lucerna) dated in the 1st century BC, of unknown origin. Lamps fueled with olive oil and other vegetable oils were very common in the Roman world to provide artificial light. Partially decorated annular wing with two parallel grooves. Flat base with incised ring. The specimen presents 6,5 cm in height and 12,5 cm in long. It is currently preserved in the Frei Manuel do Cenáculo National Museum (Évora, Portugal). Catalog No. ME5032. 342 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. 162. 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.