Four-horse chariot (quadriga) with two male riders, reused as an altar
Date5th c. BCE
Periodearly Classical
Object GeographyCyprus
CultureCypriot
Geography NotesSaid to have been "found in the temple" at Golgoi, Cyprus
MediumLimestone with red paint
ClassificationSculpture
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN28.1800
The heads of the horses and upper parts of the riders of this four-horse chariot (quadriga) are missing. They seem to have been deliberately broken off in antiquity. For a secondary use of the object, the sculpture was turned upside-down and hollowed out as an altar.
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The Strobridge Lithographing Company
1889