The function of British Iron Age ‘horn caps’ has puzzled scholars for centuries. These hollow bronze objects were made from at least the fourth century BC and were mounted on thin wooden shafts. Drawing on the contextual evidence for the objects and the small number of comparable continental finds, it is suggested here that the caps were the terminals of the goads used by the drivers of horse-drawn vehicles. Although the Celtic chariot and the graves in which they were sometimes placed have attracted great attention, the driver and the horses have been largely overlooked. The drivers may well have also been the horses’ grooms and could have been servants.

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英国铁器时代的“喇叭帽”：把车放在马前？

几个世纪以来，英国铁器时代“牛角帽”的作用一直困扰着学者们。这些空心青铜器至少是公元前四世纪制成的，并安装在细木轴上。根据这些物品的背景证据和少量可比的大陆发现，这里建议这些帽子是马车司机使用的刺棒的终端。尽管凯尔特战车和有时放置它们的坟墓引起了极大的关注，但司机和马匹却在很大程度上被忽视了。司机很可能也是马的马夫，也可能是仆人。