Fragment from the right joint of a slab, containing part of a male
figure from the hip to the right shoulder. The right arm was held
horizontally, and bent at the elbow, so that the hand is seen
before the breast. A mantle passes round the body from under the
right arm to the left shoulder. This, as Robert points out (_Arch.
Zeit._, 1875, p. 100, _l_), seems to be the marshal beside the
chariot group in Michaelis, pl. 12, xiii., fig. 48. (See Plate
viii., slab xiii.) In that case the raised mass on the left of the
hip of this figure would be part of the rump of the third horse.
Height, 1 foot 5 inches.
[Sidenote: 10.]
Fragment with edge of hind quarter of horse, rearing to the left,
with part of the tail. Above the tail are folds of drapery. This
fragment is perhaps a part of slab xiii., with the hinder chariot
horse; but this is very doubtful.
Height, 1 foot 8 inches; Michaelis, pl. 12, slab xiii., fig. 48.
[Sidenote: 11.]
Part of a charioteer, between the waist and the knees; he stands
in a chariot, of which the antyx is visible. The left forearm
crosses the body as if holding the reins. This fragment, which is
not noticed by Michaelis, must belong to the north frieze. Robert
(_Arch. Zeit._, 1875, p. 100, _n_) proposed to assign it to
slab No. xiii. of the north frieze. This seems the most probable
position, though the fragment does not agree very well with
Carrey's drawing.
Height, 1 foot.
[Sidenote: 12.]
Fragment of chariot group; an apobates standing in a quadriga,
leaning forward. The head and neck, right arm from below elbow and
legs from below the knee are wanting. On his left arm is his oval
buckler. He wears a chiton which leaves the right arm and side
bare. His right hand must have grasped the antyx. On the left a
portion of the drapery of the charioteer is visible. There is a
joint on the left of this fragment. It must belong to the northern
frieze, and on p. 172, fig. 12, it has been drawn in combination
with slab xix. It is not given by Michaelis, or in Robert's list
(_Arch. Zeit._, 1875, pp. 95-103).
Height, 1 foot 5 inches.
[Sidenote: 13.]
Horse's head, reined back; a joint on the left side. The scale and
direction show that this head belonged to a chariot group on the
north side.
Height, 11-1/2 inches; Michaelis, pl. 12, slab xx. (cf. p. 173).
[Sidenote: 14.]
Fragment containing a part of the neck and lower part of the mane
of one of the horses of a chariot group, together with a part of
the neck of a second horse. This fragment, which was discovered in
the excavations on the Acropolis of 1889, must belong to a chariot
group of the north frieze, perhaps to slab xi., xv., or xvi.
Height, 1 foot 3 inches.
[Sidenote: 15.]
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