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RIDING INTO ETERNITY

ufus Sita’s tombstone shows a mounted trooper – presumably representing Sita himself – riding in battle, with a shield on his left arm and a lance/spear in the other. He is shown wearing a helmet and also has a sheathed sword at his side. He is shown riding over a fallen enemy, who lies prostrate, being trampled by the trooper’s horse; this figure is disproportionately small compared to that of Sita and his horse. When it was originally made, the relief would almost certainly have

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