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Plate LXVIII
All found at Amathus, or Palaeo Limassol.
626. Red terra cotta. Height, 5% inches.
Fragment of chariot with charioteer, rudely moulded. Charioteer bearded ; body
cylindrical ; helmet conical, with ear-guards ; arms broken away. Chariot with 4-spoked solid
wheel; floor nearly at the ground, much lower than the centre of the wheel. Front, one wheel,
and nearly all the base, or pedestal, broken away.
627. Gray terra cotta. Height, 6% inches.
Fragment of chariot; with charioteer, and stump of a third figure, within it. Charioteer
rudely formed; arms broken away; cap tasselled or baggy, colored red. Front of chariot split
away in part, but not so as to expose the inside ; the left-hand side also much broken away.
Stump of vertical projection on left rail, in front. On the tail-board rests a circular shield, with
high boss in shape of a bull's head and neck. Heavy axle, and solid wheel with high, bossy hub,
on right-hand side ; axle just below floor of chariot. Apparently no wheel existed on the other
side, while a high, thick (now fragmentary) support, beneath the floor, shows the votive character
of the group. Wheel much broken. Traces of red color throughout.
628. Red terra cotta, exterior now gray. Height, 5% inches.
Fragment of chariot, with charioteer and warrior (or perhaps rather hunter). Charioteer
bareheaded ; both arms broken away. Warrior (or hunter) with flattish, rimmed, and crested
helmet; the left hand (now broken away), at edge of chariot, appears to have held some weapon.
Chariot very fragmentary; axle at level of floor ; very small wheel, with conical hub ; on the floor,
in the rear, an upright or post; a fragmentary bow hangs over the rail in front. Nearly all the
right-hand side of the chariot broken away.
629. Buff terra cotta. Height, 5% inches.
Fragment of a quadriga, or four-horse chariot ; one of the horses broken away ; as are the
All found at Amathus, or Palaeo Limassol.
626. Red terra cotta. Height, 5% inches.
Fragment of chariot with charioteer, rudely moulded. Charioteer bearded ; body
cylindrical ; helmet conical, with ear-guards ; arms broken away. Chariot with 4-spoked solid
wheel; floor nearly at the ground, much lower than the centre of the wheel. Front, one wheel,
and nearly all the base, or pedestal, broken away.
627. Gray terra cotta. Height, 6% inches.
Fragment of chariot; with charioteer, and stump of a third figure, within it. Charioteer
rudely formed; arms broken away; cap tasselled or baggy, colored red. Front of chariot split
away in part, but not so as to expose the inside ; the left-hand side also much broken away.
Stump of vertical projection on left rail, in front. On the tail-board rests a circular shield, with
high boss in shape of a bull's head and neck. Heavy axle, and solid wheel with high, bossy hub,
on right-hand side ; axle just below floor of chariot. Apparently no wheel existed on the other
side, while a high, thick (now fragmentary) support, beneath the floor, shows the votive character
of the group. Wheel much broken. Traces of red color throughout.
628. Red terra cotta, exterior now gray. Height, 5% inches.
Fragment of chariot, with charioteer and warrior (or perhaps rather hunter). Charioteer
bareheaded ; both arms broken away. Warrior (or hunter) with flattish, rimmed, and crested
helmet; the left hand (now broken away), at edge of chariot, appears to have held some weapon.
Chariot very fragmentary; axle at level of floor ; very small wheel, with conical hub ; on the floor,
in the rear, an upright or post; a fragmentary bow hangs over the rail in front. Nearly all the
right-hand side of the chariot broken away.
629. Buff terra cotta. Height, 5% inches.
Fragment of a quadriga, or four-horse chariot ; one of the horses broken away ; as are the