Where it occurs, it is generally of uniform width, and is ornamented with rosettes or tassels.

No conjecture has been formed of any use which either form of collar could serve; and the probability is that they were intended solely for ornament.
[Illustration: PLATE 95] A great change is observable in the sculptures of the second period with respect to the dress of the riders.

[PLATE XCV., Fig.

1.] The cavalry soldier is now completely clothed, with the exception of his two arms, which are bare from a little below the shoulder.

He wears most commonly a tunic which fits him closely about the body, but below the waist expands into a loose kilt or petticoat, very much longer behind than in front, which is sometimes patterned, and always terminates in a fringe.
Round his waist he has a broad belt; and another, of inferior width, from which a sword hangs, passes over his left shoulder.