Description (Physical description)
Large beaker of colour-coated (Colchester) ware, with barbotine decoration showing a chariot-race, the chariots being drawn by teams of phalluses, which run on cocks' legs. Various other phalluses are dotted about the scene, also a couple indulging in sexual intercourse, after a fashion
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Author: maa

Description (Labels & Markings)
Labelled '1' found in a box marked 'Great Chesterford'
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Author: maa

Context (References)
Turnbull, Percival. (1978). 'The Phallus in the Art of Roman Britain' in 'Bulletin of the Institute of Archaeology', no. 15, pp. 199-206. See p. 205.
Event Date 1978
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (References)
Johns, Catherine. (1982). 'Sex Or Symbol: Erotic Images of Greece and Rome'. London: British Museum. pp. 92-96, pl. 78.
Event Date 1982
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (References)
Webster, Graham. (1989). 'Deities and Religious Scenes on Romano-British Pottery' in 'Journal of Roman Pottery Studies', v. ii, pp 1-28. Fig. 2.16.
Event Date 1989
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (References)
Henig, Martin. (1995). 'The Art of Roman Britain'. London: B.T. Batsford Ltd. p, 102.
Event Date 1995
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (References)
Medlycott, Maria. (2011). The Roman Town of Great Chesterford. East Anglian Archaeology no. 137. Chelmsford: Essex County Council. Appendix Fig. 3.2.10 no. 141
Event Date 2011
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (Display)
Exhibited in 'Roman Sexuality: Images, Myths and Meanings', Weston Gallery, University of Nottingham, 14 January - 10 April 2011.
Event Date 2011
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (Amendments / updates)
The date assigned by Catherine Johns in 'Sex or Symbol' is 3rd or 4th century AD, but Andrew Peachey gave it a date of late 2nd century to early 3rd century AD in 2012. As the most recent assessment, this latter has been added to the Period field.
Event Date 20/6/2017
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (Other)
In June 2019, Oxford Archaeology East excavations at Monks Farm, Kelvedon, Essex found eight sherds from a single Colchester colour-coated barbotine vessel decorated with an extremely similar scene of a phallic quadriga ridden by a charioteer. While the phalluses' harness is very similar to that depicted in Z 30141, unlike this vessel the charioteer appears to be male and his body position mirrors more closely that of one of the riders in the British Museum's chariot race vessel (1857,0806.1). See 'Monk's Farm, Kelvedon: Archaeological Evaluation Report', OA Report no. 2354 by Oxford Archaeology East.
Event Date 6/2019
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)