Parade chariot with two people

Carro da parata con due personaggi
Type: 
Sculpture
Year: 
Early 5th century B.C.
Material and technique: 
Painted limestone
Origin: 
From Amatunte, Cyprus
Inventory: 
Inv. MB 68

Brightly colored model of a four-horse chariot with a woman and a child on board. The object, mounted on movable wheels, is much like a toy. It may have depicted a religious ceremony in which a mother accompanies her son to be consecrated to a deity.