ID: 700000161 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000161	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Bronze chariot inlaid with ivory (chariot (ancient vehicle); unknown Etruscan; 2nd quarter of the 6th century...; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, U...; 03.23.1)

Note: 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 scenes from the life of the Greek hero Achilles.

Titles:

Bronze chariot inlaid with ivory (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Chariot (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

chariot (ancient vehicle) [300212699] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Transportation Vehicles (hierarchy name), vehicles (transportation), land vehicles, <land vehicles by form>, freewheeled vehicles, <freewheeled vehicles by form or function>)

Classifications:

Ancient Greek art (preferred)

vehicles / transportation

Creation Date: 2nd quarter of the 6th century BCE

Creator Display:

unknown Etruscan [preferred,VP]

creator unknown Etruscan (Etruscan cultural designation) [500125265]

Locations:

Current: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, United States) [500125157] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 03.23.1

Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1903

Address Note: On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 170

Discovery: Monteleone di Spoleto [1045528] (Geographic)

Display Materials: bronze and ivory, on modern wooden reconstructed frame; bronze repoussé reliefs

	bronze (metal) [300010957]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, nonferrous metal, <copper and copper alloy>, copper alloy)

	ivory (material) [300011857]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, combination inorganic/organic material, combination inorganic/organic animal material, <bone and bone components materials>, bone (material), <bone by form as material>, <tooth and tooth components as materials>, <tooth components as material>, dentin (material))

	wood (plant material) [300011914]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material, <wood and wood by product>)

	repoussé [300054023]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <processes and techniques by material>, <metalworking and metalworking processes and techniques>, <metalworking processes and techniques>, metal decorating techniques)

Dimensions: total H. 51 9/16 in. (130.9 cm); length of pole 82 1/4 in. (209 cm)

Cultures:

Etruscan (preferred)

General Subject:

utilitarian objects (preferred,isness)

Provenance: Found at Colle del Capitano near Monteleone di Spoleto in 1902 (Scientific American 1903, p. 385; Robinson 1906, p. 83).

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works

Sources and Contributors:
Bronze chariot inlaid with ivory	........ [VP]
	........ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)
Chariot	........ [VP]
	........ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)