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Lamp (fragment) with Actaeon
Roman
Imperial Period
1st century A.D.
Medium/Technique
Terracotta
Dimensions
Diameter: 7.3 cm.
Credit Line
Bartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1900
Accession Number03.873
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsTools and equipment – Lighting devices
DescriptionA fragment of a lamp with circular body; no handle (possibly with an anchor-shaped nozzle, decorated with volutes). Flat shoulder with three grooves; and concave disc, decorated with Actaeon horned, with right foot advanced, defending himself with a club against a hound which is springing on to his right leg. He has a spear in his left hand and a chlamys wrapped around left arm.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: bought in Rome); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, March 24, 1903