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biting the neck of the other. On the back part of the urn two
cranes are represented drinking out of a vase. That part of the urn
which is above the handles, and immediately below the aperture at
top, is elegantly ornamented with light festoons of flowers, while the
lower part of the urn is enriched with convex flutings.
This urn was discovered in the vicinity of Rome, in that part
which was called the Ager Romanus.
It is from the Collection of Sir William Hamilton.
Height, 13 inches; width, 13 inches.
Fig. 3. Front view of urn and inscription.
Fig. 4. Back view of the same urn.
PLATE IX. Fig. 1.
A sepulchral urn of an oblong square form. The front is divided
by three spiral fluted columns and two pilasters, into four com-
partments. In each compartment is a door, over which is a tablet,
ornamented with pendant garlands of laurel. In the first of these
tablets is the following inscription :
C . MAGIO
QF.PAL
HERACLIDAE
V . A . XVIII.
The other three tablets are blank. The lid is of a peculiar con-
struction, resembling two lids joined together lengthways. It is orna-
mented in the centre by a rabbit feeding out of a basket of fruit:
on each side of this central ornament is a deer, which is attacked in
front by a serpent, and in the rear by a dog.
[These doors are supposed to be the portals of the abode of
departed spirits, see Plate II. Fig. 1; and are somewhat remarkable
biting the neck of the other. On the back part of the urn two
cranes are represented drinking out of a vase. That part of the urn
which is above the handles, and immediately below the aperture at
top, is elegantly ornamented with light festoons of flowers, while the
lower part of the urn is enriched with convex flutings.
This urn was discovered in the vicinity of Rome, in that part
which was called the Ager Romanus.
It is from the Collection of Sir William Hamilton.
Height, 13 inches; width, 13 inches.
Fig. 3. Front view of urn and inscription.
Fig. 4. Back view of the same urn.
PLATE IX. Fig. 1.
A sepulchral urn of an oblong square form. The front is divided
by three spiral fluted columns and two pilasters, into four com-
partments. In each compartment is a door, over which is a tablet,
ornamented with pendant garlands of laurel. In the first of these
tablets is the following inscription :
C . MAGIO
QF.PAL
HERACLIDAE
V . A . XVIII.
The other three tablets are blank. The lid is of a peculiar con-
struction, resembling two lids joined together lengthways. It is orna-
mented in the centre by a rabbit feeding out of a basket of fruit:
on each side of this central ornament is a deer, which is attacked in
front by a serpent, and in the rear by a dog.
[These doors are supposed to be the portals of the abode of
departed spirits, see Plate II. Fig. 1; and are somewhat remarkable