Striped Terracotta Cart Model
Description: | Terracotta model of a two-wheeled cart (belongs with wheel 1894,11-1.198); hand-made; rectangular platform with sidings on long side; pair of holes for the wheel axels towards one end of the cart; one of the short sides narrows into a socket for the draught; buff clay with purple and black painted striped decoration. Dimensions: Length: 10 centimetres Object Type: model; cart Techniques: painted; handmade |
Period: | Archaic II |
Date: | 600 - 500 BC |
Collection: | British Museum |
Provenance: | Amathus |
Accession Number: | 1894,1101.197 |