A unique depiction of a passage from Ovid's FASTI on a lamp found in a grave at Forum Iulii (Fréjus, France)

The article focuses on a special artifact found among the funerary offerings in a pyre grave discovered at the Pauvadou necropolis of Forum Iulii (Fréjus, southern France). It is a unique North African lamp made in the workshops of Clodius Helianus. The decoration of the discus presents a theme never before encountered on oil lamps, namely, a scene from Ovid's Fasti depicting the conclusion of a story about the luckless Pan attempting to take advantage of the queen Omphale in her sleep. Choosing the wrong bed, he finds Hercules there instead of Omphale. In the depicted scene, the couple is laughing, while Hercules generously holds up the god, who is still recovering from the shock of his short struggle with Hercules. The context of the grave is also briefly discussed