They remind us of what Herodotus affirms concerning the Phoenician _pataikoi_, which were used for the figure-heads of ships,[734] and which he compares to the Egyptian images of Phthah, or Ptah, the god of creation.

They are ugly dwarf figures, with a large misshapen head, a bushy beard, short arms, fat bodies, a short striped tunic, and thick clumsy legs.

Only one of the four figures is at present complete, the sarcophagus having been entered by breaking a hole into it at this end.
The work at the sides is much superior to that at the ends.

The two panels represent, apparently, a single scene.

The scene is a procession, but whether funeral or military it is hard to decide.[735] First come two riders on horseback, wearing conical caps and close-fitting jerkins; they are seated on a species of saddle, which is kept in place by a board girth passing round the horse's belly, and by straps attached in front.