Tour to the sepulchres of Etruria, in 1839 . cribed Vl H V^or PUNPU, the Roman Pompeius or Pomponius,our Pompey, dressed in blue, and with red buskins,has his hands filled with vessels, and is precededby a person dressed in red striped with black, whocarries on his shoulders a vase, and in his band atazza, and who is inscribed 3 I / tB 1 or TETIIE,or TITILIUS. Another figure, with a chain roundhis neck, and sharp-pointed shoes, seems to behurrying him forward, and has over him the in-scription, lr|4T/lHR0/?S/l or ARATHVI-NACNA, that is, according to some, Arrunti-nianus; according to others, A
Tour to the sepulchres of Etruria, in 1839 . cribed Vl H V^or PUNPU, the Roman Pompeius or Pomponius,our Pompey, dressed in blue, and with red buskins,has his hands filled with vessels, and is precededby a person dressed in red striped with black, whocarries on his shoulders a vase, and in his band atazza, and who is inscribed 3 I / tB 1 or TETIIE,or TITILIUS. Another figure, with a chain roundhis neck, and sharp-pointed shoes, seems to behurrying him forward, and has over him the in-scription, lr|4T/lHR0/?S/l or ARATHVI-NACNA, that is, according to some, Arrunti-nianus; according to others, Arthuinacena. Gellreads it Ar Arithreikeie, or Aruns Arithreike—theyoung prince or representative of the cadet next name is written, 2_3/1 [^3/ :~]3^3v/|^/^or AVILEREC lENIIES, or LENEUS—a cog-nomen adopted from Etruria by the Gens Popiliain Rome. Vermiglioli tells us that the houses ofLaiinu and the Punpui possessed some of thenoblest tombs in Tarquinia. The next name is ////V/f/ //////? . AjC^M^/y/ /> i8:i. s,W/ //;///. rp/j/r /-ji/f r///./ /y/r/fri
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