Object photograph·C09114·1927–1931

Terracotta Minor Plastic 4, figurine (A.I.1998)

Terracotta model of a chariot with two figures and a team of horses, from Ayia Irini — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C09114. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A clay model of a two-wheeled chariot drawn by a team of horses, shown against a black background. Two male figures stand in the chariot body: the one at the rear has a beard and holds a round shield, the other wears a pointed helmet. The spoked wheel is at the left, and the horses' heads and necks run to the right with cracks visible in the base.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Terracotta Minor Plastic 4, A.I.1998.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Terracotta Minor Plastic 4. A.I.1998.

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