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Striped Terracotta Cart Model, Archaic II Cypriot complex vessel
Striped Terracotta Cart Model, Archaic II Cypriot, c. 600–500 BC. British Museum, 1894,1101.197.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Archaic II

Striped Terracotta Cart Model

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

Classification

Object type
Model
Decoration
Painted
Material
Clay
Period
probablyIron AgeCypro-Archaic
Date
600 - 500 BC
Findspot
Amathus

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Amathus

Identifiers

Accession no.
1894,1101.197, British Museum · Museum record

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