CHAP, x.] SCULPTURES OF BRONZE AGE IN SCANDINAVIA. 395 



In the sculptured slab in the tomb of Kivik, in 

 Scania, a pair of horses is drawing a chariot of the 

 rudest construction, on which stands the driver (Fig. 

 154). In the left-hand upper corner is an armed man 

 with three cap- 

 tives, and at the 

 bottom a row 

 of eight draped 

 figures, with a 

 man in front of 

 them. On an- 

 other slab in the 

 same tomb these 

 figures are re- 

 peated; the armed 

 man is present 

 with his three 

 captives, and a 

 second also with 

 three, and the 

 draped figures are 

 arranged four on 



FIG. 154. Engraved Slab Tomb, Kivik, Scania. 



each side of what appears to be an altar ; while a row 

 of men are represented above, three blowing the large 

 curved horns of bronze, which have been repeatedly 

 found in Scandinavia. In the same tomb boats of the 

 kind figured above, and two crescents with scrolls of 

 late Celtic design, are also represented ; and two axes 

 on each side of a cone, of the type figured above 

 (Fig. 148), prove that the whole set belong to the 

 late Bronze age in Scandinavia, or the Iron age of Italy, 

 France, and Britain. 



The boats have highly ornamental ends, and are 



