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sition period. On the fractured edge of the neck are
remains of drapery, showing that the head originally
belonged to a draped female figure. Height, 5 in. From
a village in Rhodes. C. T. N.
TABLE CASE H—continued.
AECHAIC TEEEACOTTAS.
A small number of fragments of equestrian figures
fashioned in the rudest manner. They represent—
A warrior (1) with a round buckler on his left arm,
and his right arm raised, mounted on a horse. There is
no attempt to represent the face; the neck of the horse is
excessively long, and the mane is hogged. The material
of all these terracottas is a coarse red clay, except in the
case of one fragment in black clay. These figures, when
perfect, were probably about 6 in. high. They were found
at Halicarnassus, on the site of the Mausoleum in a rock-
cut sepulchral chamber which had evidently existed before
the foundations of the tomb of Mausolos had been laid.
See Kewton, Hist, of Discoveries, ii. pt. i. p. 147 ; i. pi. iii.
iv. xiv.
The extreme rudeness of these figures makes it probable
that they belong to the pre-Hellenic period; and as we
know that Halicarnassus was inhabited by Carians before
the establishment of the Doric colony there, and long
afterwards, these terracottas may be their work. Very
similar equestrian figures have been found in tombs in
Cyprus. Some of these may be seen in the Collection of
Terracottas from Cyprus, exhibited in a table case in
the Assyrian Transept; others, which are painted, will be
found in Table Case A, of the First Yase Eoom. The
specimens from Cyprus, though very rude, show a decided
advance of art when compared with those from Hali-
carnassus. The horses which surmounted the covers of
early painted vases from Athens (Table Case A, in First
Vase .Hoom) are designed in the same rude manner.
(2) An equestrian figure similar to those already de-
scribed, but slightly less rude. The horse has a hogged
mane, and his ears, eyes, and muzzle are rudely indicated;
the rider places a hand on each side of the horse's neck;
sition period. On the fractured edge of the neck are
remains of drapery, showing that the head originally
belonged to a draped female figure. Height, 5 in. From
a village in Rhodes. C. T. N.
TABLE CASE H—continued.
AECHAIC TEEEACOTTAS.
A small number of fragments of equestrian figures
fashioned in the rudest manner. They represent—
A warrior (1) with a round buckler on his left arm,
and his right arm raised, mounted on a horse. There is
no attempt to represent the face; the neck of the horse is
excessively long, and the mane is hogged. The material
of all these terracottas is a coarse red clay, except in the
case of one fragment in black clay. These figures, when
perfect, were probably about 6 in. high. They were found
at Halicarnassus, on the site of the Mausoleum in a rock-
cut sepulchral chamber which had evidently existed before
the foundations of the tomb of Mausolos had been laid.
See Kewton, Hist, of Discoveries, ii. pt. i. p. 147 ; i. pi. iii.
iv. xiv.
The extreme rudeness of these figures makes it probable
that they belong to the pre-Hellenic period; and as we
know that Halicarnassus was inhabited by Carians before
the establishment of the Doric colony there, and long
afterwards, these terracottas may be their work. Very
similar equestrian figures have been found in tombs in
Cyprus. Some of these may be seen in the Collection of
Terracottas from Cyprus, exhibited in a table case in
the Assyrian Transept; others, which are painted, will be
found in Table Case A, of the First Yase Eoom. The
specimens from Cyprus, though very rude, show a decided
advance of art when compared with those from Hali-
carnassus. The horses which surmounted the covers of
early painted vases from Athens (Table Case A, in First
Vase .Hoom) are designed in the same rude manner.
(2) An equestrian figure similar to those already de-
scribed, but slightly less rude. The horse has a hogged
mane, and his ears, eyes, and muzzle are rudely indicated;
the rider places a hand on each side of the horse's neck;