Model

Chariot

53-11-162

From: Iraq | Nippur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

Object Number 53-11-162
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Nippur
Locus TB General, fill above V-1 Extreme SE square
Period Ur III
Section Near Eastern
Materials Terracotta
Description

Fragment/Perforated/2 Holes behind working edge.

-was labeled as a model axehead, BUT this is a fragment of a model chariot. When oriented with the broken side down, you are seeing the top of a model chariot with two holes, for the reigns.

Credit Line University Museum-University of Chicago/Oriental Institute Expedition, 1953
Other Number D 112 - Field No SF

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