아케메네스 황금마차

 

Model of a Gold Chariot.
5thC BC-4thC BC.
#Achaemenid. 

황금마차 모형. 기원전 5세기~기원전 4세기. 아메케네스.
 
  
네 마리 말이 나란히 끄는 황금 전차 모형이다.

전차 상자chariot box 또는 운전석cab은 뒤쪽에 열려 있다. 

앞쪽은 불규칙한 사각형으로 되어 있으며, 위쪽이 아래쪽보다 넓다.

두 개 큰 바퀴에는 각각 9개 바퀴살[사진으로 보면 8개 아닌가 싶다]이 있다.

축은 양쪽 끝이 납땜되어 있지만 바퀴는 원래 자유롭게 회전했다.

마차에 앉는 주인공은 발목까지 닿는 긴 가운을 입었으니 그 소매는 '캔디스kandys'의 그것처럼 비어 있는 것처럼 보인다.

머리에는 두건이나 모자가 있고, 목 주위에는 금색 철사 토크torc가 있다.

운전자는 필렛fillet이 없는 유사한 모자, 짧은 띠가 있는 튜닉tunic  및 와이어 토크를 착용한다.

말은 작고 조랑말 크기지만 그 외에는 숫양 머리를 가진 네사아Nesaeans 모습을 하고 있다.
 
아래가 풀 텍스트인데, 도대체 이해 안 가는 대목이 많아 그대로 전재하니, 혹 눈썰미 좋은 사람들은 참조했으면 싶다. 


Model of a Gold Chariot.
5thC BC-4thC BC.
#Achaemenid. 

Model of gold chariot drawn by four horses abreast: the chariot box or cab is open at the back. It has an irregular square front, wider at the top than the bottom, ornamented with two incised bands in saltire, probably representing diagonal bracing struts.  
  
These bands are decorated with triangles and have a Bes head at the intersection. The floor is covered with cross-hatching, most probably representing a flooring of interlaced leather thongs.

The two large wheels each have nine spokes, and the running surfaces are studded with small pellets to represent the bulbous heads of large stud-like nails which in the full-size original would have secured a tyre and felloe-sheathing of bronze.  
  
The axle is soldered at either end but the wheels originally rotated freely. A seat, in the form of a narrow strip of gold, runs from the front to back of the interior.

On this is seated the principal figure. He wears a long robe reaching to the ankles, the sleeves of which appear to be empty like those of the 'kandys'. On his head is a hood or cap, around the front of which is a flat strip of gold, resembling a fillet, with the ends projecting above the forehead, and around his neck is a gold wire torc.

The driver wears a similar cap without a fillet, a short girded tunic and a wire torc; his legs are also formed of wires. The two human figures are fixed to the chariot by wires. 
  
The chariot is pulled via a pair of draught-poles fixed to four horses under a single four-bay yoke. On the yoke, above each horse, is a large loop, representing the terrets, through which the wire reins pass; alternating with these loops were originally four crescentic fan-shaped yoke ornaments.

The bits have large rings at the sides as rein attachments, and each animal has duplicate representations of the neck-strap and backing-element, the former with a pendant tassel, punched into the metal. 

The horses are small, pony-sized animals, but otherwise have the appearance of ram-headed Nesaeans. Their tails are tied up in mud-knots and the hair of the forelock is pulled back Only nine legs of the horses survive and the spokes of one wheel are imperfect.

The two human figures are fixed to the chariot by wires passing through holes in the bottom and doubled over beneath. In the case of the charioteer these wires are attached to a small plate connecting his feet; in the case of the other figure they are longer, and also pass through the seat.