Terracotta Cart Model

Terracotta Cart Model

Description:

Terracotta model of a two-wheeled cart or bier (with wheel 1894,11-1.199); hand-made; plain flat platform with no sidings or superstructure: the projecting ends at the back may represent boards; the front end narrows to a rounded socket for the draught-pole; a small applied piece of clay at the front end may be a head-support; made of buff clay decorated with purple and black paint; modern axel.


Dimensions: Length: 15.70 centimetres


Object Type: model; cart


Techniques: painted; handmade

Period:

Archaic II

Date:

600 - 450 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Amathus

Accession Number:

1894,1101.280