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# Long description

On this and the next block are two chariots each with apobates [the athlete who dismounts the moving chariot], charioteer and two marshals. A marshal is frontal to the viewer, striding to the left while turning back to give a signal of some sort with his raised right hand. With his left hand he holds up his richly folded himation [a type of cloak] which has just slipped from his right shoulder leaving his body virtually nude. To the left, almost touching the marshal, is the apobates. He wears a helmet and exomis [a short, sleeveless, garment which left one shoulder bare], his shield hangs by a strap over his back and he has just leapt onto the chariot, which is driven by a very small charioteer.