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Object photograph·C04500·1927–1931

Terracotta Minor Plastic 4

Terracotta model of a chariot drawn by three horses, with a driver holding the reins and two figures standing at the back.
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04500. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A hand-modelled terracotta group showing a chariot drawn by three horses in a row, with a standing driver in a rounded cap holding the reins. Two more figures stand at the back of the chariot on the right, and a rounded lump sits in front of them. The group rests on a flat rectangular base and is photographed three-quarter view against a plain pale background.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Terracotta Minor Plastic 4.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Terracotta Minor Plastic 4.