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Lamp

Date

1st–4th century A.D.

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Roman

Department

Implements

Institution

Getty Museum

Discus Iconography: Circus scene with chariot race; quadriga rushing to right, charioteer energetically whipping horses; under the animals' feet, at bottom right, probably a man's corpse run over, possibly a charioteer lying among pieces of his broken chariot(?); behind are different structures and buildings, from left to right: Egyptian obelisk, stand of lap-counting dolphins with spiral-fluted columns, column supporting statue of Victory, two-storey polygonal building with pointed roof and four statues or spectators(?), and, at the end, an unidentified design. Tabula ansata in lower field inscribed TERES, probably the name of the victorious charioteer. Description: Moldmade. Shoulder: Loeschcke form VII a. Filling-hole below center. Round-tipped volute-nozzle with burn marks. Base marked off by one circular groove. Relief Potter's mark: letter S with two short parallel lines under it.

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