Four-horse chariot figurine

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Inventory number

Ακρ. 12955

Artist

Attic workshop

Category

Coroplastic

Period

Archaic Period

Date

7th cent. BC

Dimensions

Height: 0.115 m

Material

Clay

Location

First Floor Case 21, Νο 19

Description
Bibliography

Four-horse chariot figurine found on the Acropolis. One horse’s head along with its neck are broken. The animals bodies are slender, their necks tall whereas their legs are connected with broad clay strips.

White slip, as well as red and black lines decoration are found all over the group’s surface.

Winter, F., Die antiken Terrakotten. Die Typen der figürlichen Terrakotten, III.1, Berlin/Stuttgart, 1903, σελ. 25, αρ.κατ. 2b
Casson, S., Brooke, D., Catalogue of the Acropolis Museum. Sculpture and Architectural Fragments, with a section upon the Terracottas, II, Cambridge, 1921, σελ. 322, 430, αρ.κατ. 1211
Σωτηριάδη-Sedwick, P., Αττικά πήλινα ειδώλια αρχαικής εποχής, Αθήνα, 1939, σελ. 16 υποσημ. 1, αρ.κατ. 1211