Gerry:
<<The idea of the "wagon" or "chariot" being drawn from a bird's
eye view is not unique. I think it might simply be that it was drawn by
someone without a trained eye. I remember many years ago when I was
working in the family business that a client wanted an addition to her
three family tenament so that she could sell foodstuffs from her
window. We asked her to draw what she had in mind and she combined both
a two dimensional view WITH an aerial view! And I also remember when my
daughter was in 2nd grade and her teacher asked her to draw an aerial
view of her neighborhood. Since we lived on a golf course she had no
difficulty with the several ponds but the trees and rabbits were drawn
in side view.>>
Alexander:
Yes, the combination of the sights of a subject from above and from side in one
picture is well understandable. I can add some examples from the Neolithic -
Bronze Age period: Catal Huyuk (plan of the "town" + picture of the volcano),
Egypt (procession of winners from side + headless defeated from above).
However I know only 2 cases of picturing vehicles in such a manner.
<<And Alexander, how do you differentiate between a chariot and a wagon?>>
I mean: "chariot" is a 2-wheeled vehicle ("IE chariot" with spoked wheels, drawn
by horses); "wagon" is a 4-wheeled vehicle.
Alexander