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PHCENICIAN SCULPTURE IN THE WEST. 61 end'ng in double tag which floats behind her. The idea of such a figure may possibly have been suggested by the satyrs on Greek vases and Etruscan bronzes. As a rule the figures of animals are better ; among them may be recognized the dove (Vol. I. Fig. 192), the swan, 1 the ram, 2 FIGS. 52, 53. Votive steles from Carthage. French National Library. perhaps the hippopotamus, with a rider on his back (Fig. 55) ; 3 the bull, often in well-conceived action (Fig. 56) ; 4 finally the elephant, which is drawn with feeling and a real knowledge of nature (Fig. 57). His trunk is turned upwards (Fig. 5 5), and the movements of his limbs well understood and suggested ; he has the retreating FIG. 54. Votive stele from Carthage. French National Library. forehead and huge fan-like ears which distinguish the elephant of Africa from that of Asia. 5 As for the horse which appears on 1 PH. BERGER, Les Ex-voto du Temple de Tanit, p. 20. 3 Ibid. p. 1 6. 5 See Art in Chaldxa and Assyria, vol. ii. p. 374. - Ibid. p. 10. 4 Ibid. p. 17.