Chariot racing cup fragment
This fragment is part of a cup. It shows the scene of a chariot race, with Cresces and Pyramus racing to be the winner. Pyramus may have been a Roman celebrity as he is shown on other souvenir cups found elsewhere in Britain.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 5/1939/29
- Category
- Antiquities
- Collection Class
- Devon archaeology
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Material
- glass
- Common Name
- chariot racing cup fragment
- Simple Name
- cup
- Period Classification
- Roman (43-410)