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Smith, Arthur H. [Editor]; British Museum <London> / Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities [Editor]
Catalogue of sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities (Band 3) — London, 1904

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CATALOGUE OF SCULPTURE.

that of the Porta Marzia at Perugia (Boemische Mittheil.,
1897, p. 179). lst-2nd cent. a.d. (?).

1749. 1. Head and forehand of a horse, with both forelegs
raised to the front. The horse is in two pieces, being
jointed in the neck, where a narrow circular band passes
round it. There is a vertical joint, roughly worked,
immediately behind the shoulders. The forelock and
right ears were also pieces separately attached. Drilled
holes in the forehead, under the ears and at the jaws,
indicate that there was a bronze bridle.—Presented (with
Nos. 1750, 1751) by Lord Savile, G.C.B., 1886.

Marble. Height, 3 feet 7 inches. Archaeolo'jia. XI.IX., p. 375 ;
Mansell, No. 1219. (The broad band there shown has been
removed.)

2. Hoof of a horse, probably belonging to one of the
horses of the chariot group.

Marble. Length. 1 foot.

3. Knee of a horse, probably belonging to one of the
horses of the chariot group.

Marble. Length, 9 inches.

4. Fragment of the flank of a horse with the corner of
a saddle-cloth, and part of a girth. The saddle-cloth has
a tassel at the corner, and a fringe. On it is a part of
the drapery of an equestrian figure (?).

Marble. Length, 1 foot 2 inches. Archaeologia, XLIX.. plate 27.
fig. 4, p. 376.

5. Similar fragment of the flank of a horse, with the
corner of a saddle-cloth.

Marble. Length, 1 foot 5 inches.

1750. Torso of an armed figure, wearing a cuirass, girt round
the waist with a sash, knotted in front, and a small cloak,
fastened with a brooch on the right shoulder. Below the
flaps of the cuirass, which are spread out, as if the figure
 
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