Lucerna ME5036

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Roman clay lamp (lucerna) found, exact origin unknown. Lamps running on olive oil and other vegetable oils were a staple in the Roman world for artificial lighting. A straight base is engraved with two circles, a dotted line connecting them, and a cross with small circles in each quadrant at the center. This specimen measures 5.5 cm in height and 9.5 cm in length. Currently housed at the Frei Manuel do Cenáculo National Museum (Évora, Portugal) under catalog number ME5036. 440 photos captured using Canon 5D Mk IV, completely processed in Reality Capture. The process included alignment, scaling, meshing, cleaning, simplification, unwrapping, and texturing. References: FERREIRA DE ALMEIDA, José Antonio - "Introduction to the study of lamps in Portugal" in O Arqueólogo Português, Nova Série, II. Published in Lisboa: 1953, page 177. SOUSA, J.J. Rigaud de - "Inventory of materials for Portuguese archaeology" in Bracara Augusta, volume XX, numbers 43-44 (55-56). Published in Braga: 1966, pages 165-178.