Two parts--the figure of the horseman, and a four-wheeled stand on which the warrior's steed is resolutely set--compose this comical antiquity. The rider's only article of clothing is a helmet; while the horse, without a saddle or a bridle, is completely nude. This toy, or table ornament, or whatever it may be, was found not far from Badajoz, where other prehistoric bronzes are preserved in the museum of the province;[86] and Mr E. S. Dodgson says that in possession of an Englishman at Comillas he has seen another bronze rider of primitive workmanship, with the head of a wild boar under his left arm. Those who are interested in the meaning of these early bronzes should consult an article, _El jinete ibérico_, by Señor Mélida, published in Nos. 90-92 of the _Boletín de la Sociedad Española de Excursiones_. [86] See Romero de Castilla, _Inventarios de los objetos recogidos en el Museo Arqueológico de la Comisión de Monumentos de Badajoz_. Badajoz, 1896. Plate xxvii. represents another of these objects. [Illustration: XXVII "MELEAGER'S HUNT" (_Primitive Spanish Bronze_)] We know that the use of Roman lamps grew to be general in this land--a fact which justifies my noticing the specimens preserved in the museum of Madrid; and more particularly so because their shape and general character have been perpetuated through the Spanish Moors and Christians of the Middle Ages till this very moment. The Roman lamp, shaped somewhat like a boat by reason of the _rostrum_ or beakish receptacle for the wick, consisted of an earthenware or metal vessel with a circular or oblong body and a handle, together with at least one hole for pouring in the oil. The commonest material was earthenware, and next to this, bronze. The lamp was either suspended by a chain or chains, or else was rested on a stand. Plato and Petronius tell us that the stand was borrowed from the rustic makeshift of a stick, or the stout stem of a plant, thrust into the ground. As time went on, the stem or stick in imitative metal-work was rendered more or less artistic and ornate. But there was more than a single kind of lampstand. The _lychnuchus_ ([Greek: lychnouchos]), invented by the Greeks, held various lamps suspended from its branches, while, on the other hand, the Roman _candelabrum_ supported but a solitary lamp upon the disc or platform at its top extremity.[87] The island of Egina was famed for the production of these discs, and Pliny tells us that the decorated stem or _scapus_ was chiefly manufactured at Tarentum.