Parade chariot with two people
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.
