Tour to the sepulchres of Etruria, in 1839 . A two-handled vase with white and red figures. The subject isThetis bringing armour to Achilles. She presents him with a shield,on which the sacred tripod is represented, and with two spears. 4. A Panathenaic prize vase, esteemed of very great value. It hastwo stout handles : on one side is Minerva, the patroness of the games,armed with her shield, and about to throw the spear. On the side ofthe vase are the words • Ton athen ethen athlon, in Etruscan cha-racters ; and on the reverse are four foot-racers, the first of whom hashis foot just beyond th
Tour to the sepulchres of Etruria, in 1839 . A two-handled vase with white and red figures. The subject isThetis bringing armour to Achilles. She presents him with a shield,on which the sacred tripod is represented, and with two spears. 4. A Panathenaic prize vase, esteemed of very great value. It hastwo stout handles : on one side is Minerva, the patroness of the games,armed with her shield, and about to throw the spear. On the side ofthe vase are the words • Ton athen ethen athlon, in Etruscan cha-racters ; and on the reverse are four foot-racers, the first of whom hashis foot just beyond the goal. This has been a prize given to thevictor in a foot-race. 5. A jug, the front of which is completely covered with figures inred, black, and white; subject, two Amazons with names written ; theyare mounted, and accompanied by two dogs like mastiffs, and whichare also named. VULCI, 281 in the neighbourhood, though its contents were sodissimilar. There were shown us iinao-es of laraesize, and with a decidedly Egyptian character. One. 6. A very rare cup, on which is de-scribed a funeral procession in themanner peculiar to Etruria; the figuresare white, black, and purple. On theleft hand of the spectator is the gatewhence the procession has issued forthto accompany the dead to his place ofsepulture. The funeral car is drawnbj two mules of a breed much es-teemed in Etruria. Upon it is laidthe dead body of a bearded man ; hisface uncovered, his head adorned withornaments, and his body enveloped ina cloak. On the one side sits his daughter richly dressed, and on theother his son, and behind the car walks one of the nearest relations, inan embroidered pallium, absorbed in grief. Close to him is the playeron the double flute, to whose measured cadences the company keeptime. The whole is brought up by a number of soldiers completelyarmed, with helmet, shield, and spear •, but their heads are bent andtheir spears reversed, and thej- each bear different devices upon theirshields,
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