A.I. 0789+0790+1123+1864 +1971
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statuette
- Object description
- Two-wheeled chariot drawn by four horses with straight legs. Short, thin bodies. Straight, or slightly concave backs. Straight cylindrical necks with slightly flattened fronts. Plain, hanging tails. ”Duck’s” heads. Slightly projecting eyes. Incised, open mouths. Pierced nostrils. Erect, small ears. Cheek-bands, nose-bands. Plain headcover with erect plume. Inner left horse has an erect support for the reins on back. Roughly modelled front-cover, small remains of yoke. Body of chariot rectangular with three plain sides and open in the rear. Two plain wheels with plain, projecting hubs on an axle. Small remains of two beams. At the back of chariot is an erect support ending in a loop. Two figures have been standing in the chariot, one now missing. An archer stands to the left in the chariot, with right arm drawn back to draw the bow. He has a rectangular head with pellet nose and ears, and wears a soft cap. Behind the archer something has been broken off on the chariot, probably remains of a quiver with arrows. Red-brown clay, light slip, nearly effaced. Hand-made.
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