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Model of an oxcart
Near Eastern, Anatolian or Levantine
Early to Middle Bronze Age
2600–2300 B.C.
Object Place: Anatolia, Turkey
Medium/Technique
Copper
Dimensions
Length: of cart with oxen .183 m., H. at front rail .080 m.
Credit Line
Frank B. Bemis Fund and Egyptian Curator's Fund
Accession Number62.678
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionFour-wheeled cart drawn by two oxen and found with two warriors. Wheeled vehicles were in use all across the Near East by the mid-third Millennium B.C., as is revealed by models such as this one.
Provenance1962, sold by J. J. Klejman (dealer; b. 1906 - d. 1995), New York, to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 19, 1962)