182 HISTORY OF ART IN PHOENICIA AND ITS DEPENDENCIES. that the first cause of the habit in question was to point out the worldly rank and condition of the deceased. In fact, another case pointed out by General di Cesnola himself gives us a different idea as to the significance attached to these sepulchral terra-cottas. "In FIG. 1 18. Ass with panniers. Terra-cotla. New York Museum. a tomb at Alambra a whole procession of cars and chariots was found ; they were filled with men, women, and players on the flute, and accompanied by horses and mules loaded with panniers FIG. 119. Ass with water-bearer. Tcrra-cotta. New York Museum. and amphorae ; it was, in fact, a whole family with servants, &c., on a journey . . . . l This curious scene furnishes an explanation for a 1 See CESNOLA, Cyprus, p. 94, and DOELL, Die Sammlung Cesnola, plate xiv. figs. 12-17.
