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Terracotta statuette representing rider sitting on horse with straight legs, long neck, tail along left hind leg. The rider has very short legs, and holds its hand on the neck of the horse. He is looking straight forward and wears a small, conical cap. The hair is divided in two plaits on the nape of the neck. Decoration almost obliterated. Red vertical lines framed by black horizontal lines on back. The rider has black hair, eye and beard. Red ears and cap.

Moulded male head; oval face; straight hair, combed downwards, indicated by striations; almond shaped eyes; the back part is smoothed and taller than the front, forming a ridge at junction between front and back. Light red clay; reddish yellow slip.