The probability seems to be that this yoke, like the others, was for two horses, on whose necks it rested at the points marked _b b_, the apertures (_c c c c_) lying thus on either side of the animals' necks, and furnishing the means whereby the he was fastened to the collar.

It is just possible that we have in the sculptures of the later period a representation of the extremities (_d d_) of this kind of yoke, since in them a curious curve appears sometimes on the necks of chariot-horses, just above the upper end of the collar.
[Illustration: PLATE 91] Assyrian chariots are exceedingly short: but, apparently, they must have been of a considerable width.

They contain two persons at the least; and this number is often increased to three, and sometimes even to four.
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4.] The warrior who fights from a chariot is necessarily attended by his charioteer; and where he is a king, or a personage of high importance, he is accompanied by a second attendant, who in battle-scenes always bears a shield, with which he guards the person of his master.

Sometimes, though rarely, four persons are seen in a chariot--the king or chief, the charioteer, and two guards, who protect the monarch on either side with circular shields or targes.