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Three orthostats from the "Long Wall" at Carchemish. The two on the left are limestone and the one on the right is basalt. The mixture of basalt and limestone orthostats at Carchemish seems to have been the norm.
The reliefs are almost identical. Each chariot seems to be pulled by a single horse. One of the men in the chariot holds the reins of the horse, while the other shoots arrows. A naked enemy is lying under the horse. This person is smaller than the other figures for it was the enemy. The bases of the orthostats are decorated with braiding motifs.
The basalt orthostat on the right was broken and the right side of it has been reconstructed based upon the two limestone reliefs.
The orthostats are about 3.5 feet high and date to the Neo-Hittite Period (ca. 900-717 BC).
