| Object Number | B2451 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq | Nippur |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Terracotta |
| Iconography | Chariot |
| Description | CBS Register; Terracotta object, small piece broken off, (latch?) PBS XVI: Chariot. Wheels and horses, a conventional pole and yoke are added. The Sumerian pole was a curved piece of wood, reinforced by rings, rising from below the ox, over the back of the animals, and connected by a pin to the yoke resting on their necks. A rein ring with a mascot figure was fixed on the high curve, and a bull’s or lion’s head in metal decoration the end of the pole. The seat inside of the box sometimes resembles a saddle and is covered with a leopard skin on a relief from Ur. Chariot: B2451; Wheel: B2546; Wheel: B15489; Horse: B15482; Horse: B15536 |
| Credit Line | Babylonian Expedition to Nippur I,1889 |
| Other Number | PBS XVI: 240 - Other Number | Peters 625 - Field No SF |
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