Motya Charioteer
| Mozia Charioteer | |
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| Motya Charioteer | |
| Year | 470–460 BC |
| Medium | marble |
| Dimensions | 181 cm × 40 cm (71 in × 16 in) |
| Location | Museo Giuseppe Whitaker, Mozia |
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Made by a Greek sculptor in Sicily about 460-450 BC, found in 1979 on the Sicilian island of Motya (Mozia), and displayed at the British Museum in 2012.
The Motya (or Mozia) Charioteer is a marble statue dating from the ancient Greek Classical Period. It was found in October 1979 in the ancient city of Motya (Italian: Mozia), originally a Phoenician settlement which occupied the island of San Pantaleo off the coast of Sicily. It is owned by, and on view in, the Museo Giuseppe Whitaker (inv. no. 4310) on the same island.