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 MEN. 181 still hang a cross as an amulet. The mane is cut in the Greek fashion. 1 War and pleasure chariots were also found in considerable numbers. The Louvre possesses many examples but none in such good preservation as the one from Phoenicia already figured (Vol. I. Fig. 145). The most complete specimen is a small war chariot the body of which is painted green, and the under-carriage red. The wheels and horses are in separate pieces. Two warriors are mounted upon it, as upon the Homeric chariots ; one holds the reins while the other bears a huge round shield with a very salient conical boss in the centre. 2 In another chariot, however, we find three persons, a draped figure, a driver and another servant ; in another we find two bearded individuals (Fig. 117); in a third, much broken, there is a wild boar hung on to the curved bars at the back. Flat carts, such as were used for the transport of Xif * FlG. 117. Terra-cotta chariot. New York Museum. merchandise and agricultural produce, are also found. 3 Finally, we see that the horse was not the only beast of burden employed in Cyprus; here we find a pannier-laden donkey (Fig. 118), there another member of the same species mounted by a peasant embracing a pair of huge water-bottles (Fig. 119). There seems to be no doubt that nearly all these soldiers, horsemen, and chariots come from tombs. According to Cesnola they give us a hint as to the profession of their occupants. 4 But such a suggestion can only be accepted with some reserve. No doubt it is " natural enough to find some connection between these little figures and the condition, while alive, of those beside whom they were placed," but that is not quite the same thing as declaring 1 HEUZEY, Catalogue, p. 153. 2 Ib. Terres-cuites du Louvre, plate x. fig. 2. 3 HEUZEY, Catalogue, p. 152. 4 CESNOLA, Cyprus, p. 93.