Combe, Taylor [Hrsg.]: A description of the collection of ancient Marbles in the British Museum: with engravings (Band 5) ([S.l.], 1826)

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See General Views, No. 6, 19, 28, and 41. From the Towneley
Collection.

Height, 6 inches ; width, 7-f inches.

PLATE VII. Fig. 5.

A sepulchral urn, of a square form. At each of the front corners
is a ram's head supporting a festoon of fruit and flowers, at which
some birds are pecking. Over the festoon is a tablet containing the
following inscription:

COELIAPL
ASIERIS.

The sides of the urn are both ornamented with a full blown rose.
The lid is pointed in the centre, like a roof. It is ornamented in
the centre with a wreath placed between two griffins; and at each
corner is a human head, the hair of which is entirely disposed in
spiral curls. The plinth at the bottom is modern. This urn was
found in the environs of Naples, and is from the Collection of Sir
William Hamilton.

PLATE VIII. Fig. 1.

A sepulchral urn, of an oval form. It is fluted, and has a tablet,
in front containing the following inscription to P. Octanus Secundus
by his son.

. d . m .

p. OCTANI
SECVNDI
FIL . FEC.