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Miniature chariot wheel
Greek
Archaic Period
about 525–500 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
16.2 x 4.1 cm (6 3/8 x 1 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Amory Gardner Fund
Accession Number35.61
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek, Etruscan, & Roman Bronzes (MFA), no. 681.
DescriptionThis miniature chariot wheel was dedicated in a sanctuary of Apollo, as the inscription indicates. The bronze wheel has four spokes, pierced at the center for an axle. A dedication to Apollo is inscribed on the rim, in a central Greek alphabet: "Phalas son of Pediarcheion dedicated [this] to Apollo"
Medium green patina.
Medium green patina.
InscriptionsΦΑΛΑΣ ΠΕΔΙΑΡΧΕΙΟΝ ΑΝΕΘΕΚΕ ΤΟΠΟΛΟΝΙ
ProvenanceSaid to be from Galaxidi, Greece (ancient Haleion). 1935, sold by Theodoros Zompoulakis (dealer), Athens, to the MFA for $80. (Accession Date: March 7, 1935)