Limestone chariot wheel - image 1

Classical

Limestone chariot wheel

The wheel of the chariot is quite large. It is solid, with six spokes in low relief. There are traces of red paint. Overall: 1 7/16 x 3 7/16 in. (3.7 x 8.7 cm)

Date

500 - 401 BC

Accession No.

74.51.2691

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • Sanctuary of Golgoi-Ayios Photios

References

  • Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1885. A Descriptive Atlas of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Vol. 1. pl. XXIX.198, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1018, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 241, p. 192, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.