The antiquities of Herculaneum . PLATE XLVI. i9r The head of the foremoft has alfo two ends of beams project-ing from it [7], and fomething that refembles a goofes neck[8]. Upon the ftern a branch is fet up, which feems to be ofbay [9]. Along the netting, or wafte boards, of this and theother mips [10] fhields are hung [11], in the fame manner asin the preceding picture. The other part of the piece exhi-bits to view, hills, rural profpe&s, and buildings difperfed Triton. See alfo Bayjius and Montfaucon, who have got together the antiques uponwhich thefe images on the heads of veffels appear. T
The antiquities of Herculaneum . PLATE XLVI. i9r The head of the foremoft has alfo two ends of beams project-ing from it [7], and fomething that refembles a goofes neck[8]. Upon the ftern a branch is fet up, which feems to be ofbay [9]. Along the netting, or wafte boards, of this and theother mips [10] fhields are hung [11], in the fame manner asin the preceding picture. The other part of the piece exhi-bits to view, hills, rural profpe&s, and buildings difperfed Triton. See alfo Bayjius and Montfaucon, who have got together the antiques uponwhich thefe images on the heads of veffels appear. The tutela was different from,the fign, or zs-apcca- Ovid, TriJ}. i. el. ix. <l Eft mini, fitque precor fiavae tutela Minerva Navis; et a picta caffide nomen , befides the fign upon the head, they ufed to carve the images of thofe godsupon the ftern of their veffels, to whofe care and protection they intruded them-felves. There were different deities in different nations to whom the protection of{hips were
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