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Terracotta: AN1923.382

Object: Mould for a model chariot front

Period: Bronze Age: Akkadian to Old Babylonian Period

Dimensions: H: 8.5cm. W: 8.4cm.

Region: Sumer

Description: upper part only; baked; cream slip on pink fabric; at the top: the structural elements of the chariot are clearly depicted; below: a solar disk alongside a crescent on a vertical stand; both set on the same platform; below again: another solar disk (of variant design); alongside a mounted crescent damaged by the break.

Reference: ANET-23Bronze1MesII-Catalogue-2.