Relief with a Victorious Charioteer

The relief is entirely broken away at the top, removing the heads of all the individuals portrayed. Likewise the bottom is broken away, preserving only the tops of the prizes. It is the acclamation of a victorious charioteer (auriga) who is represented in the centre of the relief in an eight-horse chariot with the horses drawn up. The legs and heads of the horses are broken away, but the musculature of their forequarters is nicely rendered. To the left is another charioteer in a two-horse chariot (biga). In the upper register and rendered in lower relief is a horseman with his arm lifted in acclamation of the charioteer, and a judge in a toga contabulata who is probably giving prizes to the charioteer. Below the main scene are visible the tops of the prizes of victory: to the left, the purse with the prize money, and in the center, a crown.