Smith, Arthur H.; British Museum <London> / Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities [Hrsg.]: A Catalogue of the sculptures of the Parthenon, in the British Museum (London, 1900)

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CATALOGUE OP SCULPTUBE.

325. seems uniform, though there are differences of detail.
The chariot pole (pu/tds) passes from below the chariot
between the horses. An upright pin (<for<op) passes
through the pole (slabs xiii., xviii., xix., xxi., xxiii.). At
this point the yoke (£uydv) was secured by a ring (jcptKos)
and by the yoke-band (^uydScoyw; cf. Horn. II. xxiv.). The

Fig. 13.—North Frieze, slab xix.

near end of the yoke, foreshortened and turned back, is
visible on slabs xviii., xix., xxi., xxiii. On slabs xix.,
xxi. the yoke appears to be kept in position by a piece
of metal passing from the top of the pin to the pole,
which may, perhaps, serve instead of the ring. On slab
xix. there appears to be a loop of a leather thong on each
Bide of the piece described. This may be a part of the
yoke-band. The reins were usually guided by two rings
attached to the yoke or to the pole, but these do not
appear to be shown on the frieze. It is easy to see on
slabs xviii., xix., xxi., that the yoke was only fixed to the
two middle horses, the outer pair being attached by traces.
46, 47. The next slab (xix.) is a cast which is broken away on XIX.
the right, so that all that remains of the charioteer (No. 47)
is his right hand. At the side of the horses is a marshal
(No. 46), who turns towards the chariot following on the
right. Carrey's drawing supplies the upper part of this
figure, and shows that he was holding up with his left