Lamp with a frieze of military equipment at The British Museum, London

Lamps were made in Classical lands from the Bronze Age onwards. They were used in the home, in shops, in public buildings such as temples and bath-buildings; lamps were carried in religious processions, dedicated at shrines and placed in tombs. Ancient lamps were made in terracotta, metal, stone and glass. From Minoan times until about the 7th century BC, open bowls with a wick-rest at the rim were used. Terracotta lamps were wheelmade until the 3rd century BC, when the first mouldmade lamps were produced in Greek lands. Thereafter most classical lamps were mass-produced in moulds until the Arab conquests of the 7th century AD; lamp workshops were to be found in nearly every town. Bronze lamps, made as one-off objects by the lost-wax process, could be very simple or extremely complex. Conical glass lamps of late Roman times, with floating wicks, were suspended in holders. This mouldmade lamp is decorated with a frieze of military equipment; the handle-ornament has an acanthus-palmette. This object is part of Scan The World. Scan the World is a non-profit initiative introduced by MyMiniFactory, through which we are creating a digital archive of fully 3D printable sculptures, artworks and landmarks from across the globe for the public to access for free. Scan the World is an open source, community effort, if you have interesting items around you and would like to contribute, email [e-mail] to find out how you can help.Scanned : Photogrammetry (Processed using Agisoft PhotoScan)自青铜时代起，古典文明地区便开始制作灯具。这类灯具不仅应用于家居、商铺以及神庙、浴场等公共建筑之中，还会在宗教游行中被携带、供奉于神殿，亦或放置于墓葬之内。 古代灯具的制作材质涵盖赤陶（terracotta）、金属、石材与玻璃。自米诺斯文明时期至公元前7世纪左右，边缘带有灯芯托架的敞口碗状灯具被广泛使用。公元前3世纪之前，赤陶灯具均采用轮制工艺制作；直至公元前3世纪，希腊地区首次诞生了模制灯具。此后直至公元7世纪阿拉伯征服时期，绝大多数古典灯具都通过模具批量生产，当时几乎每座城镇都设有灯具作坊。 青铜灯具多采用失蜡法（lost-wax process）单件制作，形制既可以简约质朴，也可以极尽繁复精巧。 罗马时代后期出现的锥形玻璃灯具搭配浮动灯芯，悬挂于支架之上。 这款模制灯具饰有以军事装备为主题的饰带，手柄装饰带有茛苕掌状饰（acanthus-palmette）。 该藏品隶属于扫描全球（Scan The World）项目。扫描全球是由MyMiniFactory推出的非营利性倡议，旨在打造覆盖全球的可3D打印雕塑、艺术品与地标建筑数字档案库，供公众免费获取使用。本项目为开源社区协作项目，若您身边存有有趣的藏品并希望参与贡献，可发送邮件至[e-mail]了解参与方式。本次扫描采用摄影测量法（Photogrammetry），扫描流程经Agisoft PhotoScan软件处理完成。