Lucerna ME5034 Roman Lamp, Evora

Roman clay lamp (lucerna) dated between the 2nd century AD and the 3rd 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. This lucerna would belong to the typology Bailey Q-viii, Dressel 27-28, Deneauve VIII. It is decorated with an erotic scene on a horse surrounded by bunches of grapes. The specimen presents 3 cm in height and 10,6 cm in long. It is currently preserved in the Frei Manuel do Cenáculo National Museum (Évora, Portugal). Catalog No. ME5034. 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. 587 photos from Canon 5D Mk IV. Completely processed (aligned, scaled, meshed, cleaned, simplified, unwrapped, textured) in Reality Capture.