Lucerna ME5036

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. Straight base engraved with two circles, between which a dotted row appears, in the center a cross of straight arms with a small circle in each quadrant. The specimen presents 5,5 cm in height and 9,5 cm in long. It is currently preserved in the Frei Manuel do Cenáculo National Museum (Évora, Portugal). Catalog No. ME5036. 440 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. 177. 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. Source: Objaverse 1.0 / Sketchfab