The sandstone relief reproduced on Pl. IX. represents a helmeted warrior marching to the right with spear in his right hand and shield on his left arm. It is the inside of the shield that is turned towards the spectator. A procession of similar figures is a very common subject in early Greek art, from the Mycenaean age onwards; Nauk. ii. Pl. V. 6 is a fragment of just such a scene. The tread of the warrior on our relief recalls, and is in fact the prototype of, that mincing step which is one of the mannerisms of the archaistic style (cf. Hauser, Neu.-att. Rel. p. 165; Émanuel, La Danse Gr. pp. 48 ff).