Up hill and down dale in ancient Etruria . a funeral pyre, and whichwere then distributed into the cinerary urns of thosewho had been consumed together upon the pyre. Itmust have been a puzzle to identify the ashes for eachurn I The feet on which this dish stands are formedof Gorgons with arms extended and with beaststalons. There are several small idols of bronze,but I think only one of any size. Rather of anEgyptian type and standing upon a bronze is 18 inches in height. Strangely enough arms and armour are very imagine that most have gone into other ornamen
Up hill and down dale in ancient Etruria . a funeral pyre, and whichwere then distributed into the cinerary urns of thosewho had been consumed together upon the pyre. Itmust have been a puzzle to identify the ashes for eachurn I The feet on which this dish stands are formedof Gorgons with arms extended and with beaststalons. There are several small idols of bronze,but I think only one of any size. Rather of anEgyptian type and standing upon a bronze is 18 inches in height. Strangely enough arms and armour are very imagine that most have gone into other ornaments are rarer still. I think that theLouvre managed to secure a great many. Certainlythere is in that collection a magnificent and famousfibula with a long inscription upon it. Yet it must counterpart of the one at Chiusi. I should say even morebeautiful, and, strange to say, it bears a name similar to that inthe British Museum, Larthia Seianti. It must be another ladyof the same family, or Seianti must represent some wordunfamiliar to CHIUSI 255 be always remembered that Chiusi, from her promi-nent position, and one easy of access from all parts,has always been particularly exposed to the depreda-tions of thieves and pillagers^;—native ones especially. Two terra-cotta slabs inscribed with Etruscan (?)alphabets are among the more characteristic [anti-quities here. These are said to be vety early, yet theyhave to be read from left to right—which is contraryto the alleged Etruscan system of writing. A quadrangular cippus, although much mutilated,representing an Etruscan marriage, is very valuableas giving us an insight into one of the native is a scene rather turbulent in portions for aceremony with which we connect ideas of calm andself-restraint. We can make out the bridegroom,and the bride,—a figure profusely draped ; the fatherwho gives her away, and the priest distinguishedby his hat,—(it is more than the pileum )—andby a branch of olive in his hand.
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