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

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cuirass, viz. Nos. 62, 92. The reins and bridles were in
nearly every instance of bronze, marked by rivet holes
behind the horse's ear, at his mouth and in the rider's
hands. Marble reins are seen in the right hands of
Nos. 98, 103.

The first portion of the cavalry procession, slabs xxiv.—
xxxi. was overthrown by the explosion of 1687; and as
Carrey is not available as a guide, in this part of the

Fig. 15.—Slab xxv. restored from Stuart (from Michaetfs).

frieze, the order of the slabs must be settled by internal
evidence.

Slab xxiv. is shown, as has been already stated, to have XXIV.
contained the first of the cavalry, by the figure of the
52. apobates which has been fitted to its left side. Neither
this fragment nor that at the upper right hand corner
have been engraved by Michaelis.

Slab xxv. (fig. 15) was complete when drawn by Stuart, XXV.
and the sequence of xxiv., xxv., xxvi. is certain. Only a