Smithsonian Report, 1944.—Smith PLATE 1 
1. THUS DID SHALMANESAR, KING OF ASSYRIA (MESOPOTAMIA), CELEBRATE 
HIS VICTORIES, 840 B. C., IN ‘‘IMPERISHABLE’’ STONE. 
(After des Noettes.) 
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2. TIGLATHPILESAR, 745-727 B. C., LEFT THIS MONUMENT TO HUMAN STUPIDITY. 
Note the heavy tongue of the chariot higher than the horse’s back and, far up the horse’s neck, the choker 
to which the tongue is attached. (Compare fig. 1, above.) The Romans were not much better. Trajan, 
A. D. 70, celebrated his Danubian victories with a half mile or so of sculptures winding round and round 
his well-known column. There are horses there but no stirrup, no horse collar, no trace (attachment to 
horse’s shoulder). Trajan’s horses pulled less than those of Tiglathpilesar. Indeed they pulled not at 
all—according to sculpture. Men with dangling legs sat astride them. 
(After des Noettes.) 
