Equestrian tomb relief, Xanthos.

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Detail of the Xanthos equestrian freize showing a pair of horses hitched to a chariot. This processional frieze together with other tomb reliefs were found at the acropolis of Xanthos in Lycia, Turkey. Horses have a saddlecloth and girth, a single-plumed top-knots, bridles, high manes treated as a solid mass in two tiers, and tasselled tails. British Museum.

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