. Etruscan tomb paintings, Their subjects and significance. in apoem by Critias,^ one of Athens finest beaux esprits. In this painting in the Tomba Golini the inscriptionsgive us much valuable information as to the connexionbetween the two persons.^ Above the first we read : Vellecates arnthial ruva larthialisa clan velusum nefs marniuspurana eprthnec tenve mechlum rasneas cleusinsl zilachnvepulum rumitrine thi ma[l]ce del lur. In translation thetext runs : Vel Lecates, Amths brother,^ son of Larth,and descendant of Vel. He held the offices of Maro urbanus{spur means town) and Eprthne (secular
. Etruscan tomb paintings, Their subjects and significance. in apoem by Critias,^ one of Athens finest beaux esprits. In this painting in the Tomba Golini the inscriptionsgive us much valuable information as to the connexionbetween the two persons.^ Above the first we read : Vellecates arnthial ruva larthialisa clan velusum nefs marniuspurana eprthnec tenve mechlum rasneas cleusinsl zilachnvepulum rumitrine thi ma[l]ce del lur. In translation thetext runs : Vel Lecates, Amths brother,^ son of Larth,and descendant of Vel. He held the offices of Maro urbanus{spur means town) and Eprthne (secular official title) andwas Zilach (dictator) of the Etruscan people in Clusium . . ^ Athenaeus i. 28 b. part incorrectly copied in the Ny ^ Corpus imcr. Eirusc. 5093-4. Carlsberg facsimiles. I am indebted to my friend, Dr. ^ That ruva means brother seems to S. P. Cortsen, for help in the interpre- be unanimously accepted, though it tation of this and other Etruscan in- only appears in the two inscriptions of scriptions. These are for the greater this Fig. 3t. SYMPOSIUM IN THE TOMBA GOLINI AT ORVIETO
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