Archaic I
Chariot wheel
The wheel is solid and wheel-made. It has a tubular hub on either side to receive an axle. diameter 6 in. (15.3 cm)
Date
750 - 600 BC
Accession No.
74.51.490
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
- From Cyprus
References
- Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 556, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 61, p. 40, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.