More Assyrian reliefs, all of them now in the British Museum.
A three-horse chariot, from a palace in Nimrud, c. 860 BC:
Two chariots without horses being transported on a boat to cross a river (the Euphrates?); Nimrud, c. 860 BC:
Another lion-hunting scene; only one horse is shown, but the number of reins suggest three; also note the large wheel; from Nineveh, 8th C BC:
Detail from a chariot:
Detail of chariot horses:
People on a cart drawn by a pair of oxen, from Nimrud, c. 728 C BC:
Assyrian early cavalry, organized as a chariot team; one man, with helmet and body armour, fires a bow; the other, unarmoured, holds the reins of both horses; Nimrud, c. 860 BC:
Assyrian cavalry from over a century later; still a pair, but both men have a lance, helmet, and body armour; Nimrud, c. 728 BC:
Finally, Assyrians on foot fighting two Arabs on a dromedary, one with a stick driving the camel, the other shooting a bow; Nineveh, c. 650 BC:
(All these photographs are from Wikimedia Commons.)