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Fragments of a cart or chariot, sockets

ca. 500–480 BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 170
Large collection of bronze and iron attachments once belonging to a chariot.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Fragments of a cart or chariot, sockets
  • Period: Archaic
  • Date: ca. 500–480 BCE
  • Culture: Etruscan
  • Medium: Bronze, Iron
  • Dimensions: 1: 5 1/2 × 4 in. (14 × 10.2 cm)
    2: 5 5/8 × 3 5/8 in. (14.3 × 9.2 cm)
  • Classification: Bronzes
  • Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1929
  • Object Number: 29.131.3p1–p2
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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