A hand-modeled pottery votive chariot with high and low sides. The high back of the piece is decorated with several registers of incised arrows. This piece is part of a long tradition in the ancient Near East of pottery figures depicting both religious themes and themes of everyday life. A worshiper would have given this chariot as a ritual offering and it probably once had associated figures such as oxen, humans, and even small gifts like food placed inside of it. The chariot symbolized the war-like nature of the gods - Hittite chariots were used in battle, and are frequently seen in carved reliefs Provenance: Formerly collected in Paris 60 years The seller guarantees that he acquired this piece according to all national and international laws related to the ownership of cultural property. Provenance statement seen by Catawiki. The seller will take care that any necessary permits, like an export license will be arranged, he will inform the buyer about the status of it if this takes more than a few days