The cities and cemeteries of Etruria . others carry it back to the time of ServiusTullius, while llelbig pronounces the art ofthe particular heads in question to markthem as later than the age of Pheidias,Dull. Inst. 1871, p. 38. For further in-formation on this interesting subject, seoDull. Inst. 1871, pp. 3-1-52; Ann. , pp. 239-270. chap. Lxin.] MUSEO GBEGOEIANO—TEBBA-OOTTAS. 459 red, his drapery purple, and that of the couch, blue. Thissepulchral urn was found at Toscanella, in There are several small urns of the same material, similar to those often described in Ktruscan mu
The cities and cemeteries of Etruria . others carry it back to the time of ServiusTullius, while llelbig pronounces the art ofthe particular heads in question to markthem as later than the age of Pheidias,Dull. Inst. 1871, p. 38. For further in-formation on this interesting subject, seoDull. Inst. 1871, pp. 3-1-52; Ann. , pp. 239-270. chap. Lxin.] MUSEO GBEGOEIANO—TEBBA-OOTTAS. 459 red, his drapery purple, and that of the couch, blue. Thissepulchral urn was found at Toscanella, in There are several small urns of the same material, similar to those often described in Ktruscan museums, and with the usualsubjects coloured. The mutual slaughter of the Theban Brothers. Cadmus or Jason slaving the teeth*sprung warriorswith a plough. Scylla, represented according to the Greek,rather than Etruscan, idea—having a double-tail terminatingin dogs heads. Trunks and limbs of the human frame ; somefor containing the ashes of the dead, others votive offerings;a baby swaddled in the modern Italian fashion; antefixce and. ETRUSCAN PORTRAIT, IN TERRA-COTTA, FROM VULCI. tiles; and heads, portraits of the deceased, showing abundantvariet} of feature, expression, and fashion of head-dress. In thecase by the window are some little figures and heads, of terra-cotta or of stone ; some very quaint. Certain of the femaleheads have quite a modern air, and some are very prettyand expressive. A specimen of such heads is given in theabove woodcut, the original of which is now in the BritishMuseum. Of much earlier date are two large antrfixce coloured to thelife—one showing a satyrs head with red flesh, goats ears, blackbeard, and hideous mouth ; the other, the head of a lrymph with 2 Museo Grregoriano, I. tav. 93, 1. 3 The bodies of infants were not burntby tbe ancients before they had cut their teeth.—Hominem priusquam genito dentecremari mos gentium non est. Plin. ; cf. Juven. Sat. XV. 139. 460 EOME. [chap, lxiii. yellow flesh, red hair, and hlue e}es, wearing an
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