Tour to the sepulchres of Etruria, in 1839 . -merce. Following this, comes the funeral pro-cession. First, the newly-elected Lar Matuesius,perhaps brother to the priestess—then the familiesof the Lucumones who are his nearest of kin, orwhose offices oblige them to bear a part in hisfunereal train. One individual only is given ofeach family, on account of the confined space inwhich they are represented. Here we see theLenea and the Pompey, both very noble houses ofTarquinia. Following them the Prince ArunsAthvinacna representing the younger branches ofthe ruling house. Aruns means a cadet princ
Tour to the sepulchres of Etruria, in 1839 . -merce. Following this, comes the funeral pro-cession. First, the newly-elected Lar Matuesius,perhaps brother to the priestess—then the familiesof the Lucumones who are his nearest of kin, orwhose offices oblige them to bear a part in hisfunereal train. One individual only is given ofeach family, on account of the confined space inwhich they are represented. Here we see theLenea and the Pompey, both very noble houses ofTarquinia. Following them the Prince ArunsAthvinacna representing the younger branches ofthe ruling house. Aruns means a cadet this come the Laris Phanuris or sacredmourners for the king, and the Velthuri or pre-sidents of the various games and sacrifices. Thesegames are racing, wrestling, and boxing ; the sacri-fice is a blue fish to the manes of the races are contested by the royal guard, herecalled Laris Larthia, or Guardia Nobile. Thewrestling is between Nucertetes, or Nicoteles, and ^^/??/A/ //i/// . /.frv/.y^////. / /(^ .su/f riw//.. /://////////?. H/////// //I />/////////
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