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210 CATALOGUE OF SCULPTURE.345. mantle passes round <strong>the</strong> body from unHer <strong>the</strong> right armto <strong>the</strong> left shoulder. This, as Robert po<strong>in</strong>ts out {Arch.Zeit., 1875, p. 100, Z), seems to be <strong>the</strong> marshal beside <strong>the</strong>chariot group <strong>in</strong> Michaelis, pi, 12, xiii., fig. 48. (SeePlate viii., slab xiii.) In that case <strong>the</strong> raised mass on<strong>the</strong> left <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> hip <strong>of</strong> this figure would be part <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>rump <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> third horse.Height, 1 foot 5 <strong>in</strong>ches.10. Fragment with edge <strong>of</strong> h<strong>in</strong>d quarter <strong>of</strong> horse, rear<strong>in</strong>gto <strong>the</strong> left, with part <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> tail. Above <strong>the</strong> tail arefolds <strong>of</strong> drapery. This fragment is perhaps a part <strong>of</strong> slabxiii., with <strong>the</strong> h<strong>in</strong>der chariot horse ; but this is verydoubtful.Height, 1 foot 8 <strong>in</strong>ches; Michaelis, pi, 12, slab xiii., fig. 48.n. Part <strong>of</strong> a charioteer, between <strong>the</strong> waist and <strong>the</strong> knees ;he stands <strong>in</strong> a chariot, <strong>of</strong> which <strong>the</strong> antyx is visible.The left forearm crosses <strong>the</strong> body as if hold<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> re<strong>in</strong>s.This fragment, which is not noticed by Michaelis, mustbelong to <strong>the</strong> north frieze. Robert (^Arch. Zeit., 1875,p. 100, «) proposed to assign it to slab No. xiii. <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>north fiieze. This seems <strong>the</strong> most probable position,though <strong>the</strong> fragment does not agree very well withCarrey's draw<strong>in</strong>g.Height, 1 foot,12, Fragment ol chariot group ; an apobates stand<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> aquadriga, lean<strong>in</strong>g furward. The head and neck, rightarm from below elbow and legs from below <strong>the</strong> knee arewant<strong>in</strong>g. On his left arm is his oval buckler. He wearsa chiton which leaves <strong>the</strong> right arm and side bare. Hisright hand must have grasped <strong>the</strong> antyx. On <strong>the</strong> lefta portion <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> drapery <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> charioteer is visible.There is a jo<strong>in</strong>t on <strong>the</strong> left <strong>of</strong> this fragment. It mustbalong to <strong>the</strong> nor<strong>the</strong>rn frieze, and on p, 172, fig, 12, it has

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