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Chariot CDWA / Chariot

Object/Work	*Catalog Level:* item *Type:* chariot	Controlled list Authority
Classification	*Terms:* vehicles Greek and Roman art	Controlled list
Titles or Names	*Text:* Chariot Preference: preferred Type: repository	Free text Controlled list
Creation	*Creator Description:* unknown Etruscan	Free text
	*Identity:* unknown Etruscan *Role:* creator	Authority Authority
	*Creation Date:* ca. 550-ca. 525 BCE *Earliest:* -0560 *Latest:* -0515	Free text Controlled format
Measurements	*Dimensions Description:* 130.9 cm (height) (51 9/16 inches)	Free text
	*Value:* 130.9 *Unit:* cm Type: height	Controlled format and Controlled lists
Materials and Techniques	*Description:* bronze and ivory, on modern wooden reconstructed frame; bronze repoussé reliefs	Free text
	*Material Names:* bronze ivory wood Technique Name: repoussé	Authority
Subject Matter	*Indexing Terms:* object (utilitarian) locomotion transportation war Achilles (Greek deity) Memnon (Greek hero) Thetis (Greek hero)	Authority
Context	*Archeological Context-Discovery Place/Location:* Monteleone di Spoleto (Perugia province, Umbria, Italy)	Authority
Descriptive Note	*Text:* Discovered near Monteleone di Spoleto. The dating of the chariot is supported by the dates of the two Attic black-figure kylikes found in the same excavation. Reliefs on the chariot box illustrate three episodes in the life of Achilles or some other warrior or hero. Also depicted is a woman, possibly Achilles' mother, Thetis. On one side, the hero fights with Memnon or some other warrior. On the other side, the hero is depicted in a winged chariot.	Free text
	*Citations:* Metropolitan Museum of Art online Page: accessed 17 July 2006	Authority Free text
Current Location	Repository Name/Geographic Location: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, New York, United States) *Repository Numbers:* 3.23.1	Authority Free text
Image credits: Unknown Etruscan; Chariot; ca. 550-525 BCE; Etruscan Bronze, ivory; 130.9 cm (height) (51 9/16 inches); Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, New York, USA); 03.23.1. © 2000 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. All rights reserved.

Revised 25 February 2010