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for having their pediments of the form most frequently adopted for
the covers of sepulchral monuments. Two spears crossed decorate
the ends of this urn. Do these arms and the decorations of the cover
allude to the delight which may have been derived from hunting
by the young person to whom the urn is dedicated ? and who appears
to be C. Magius Heraclida, of the Palatine tribe, son of Quintus.
Height, exclusive of lid, 9£ inches ; width 23 inches ; height of
lid, 3 j inches.
From the Towneley Collection.]
PLATE IX. Fig. 2.
An Etruscan cinerary urn, in baked clay. The bas-relief in front
represents the single combat which was fought between the two bro-
thers, Eteocles and Polynices, who were both killed, the former by
a wound which he received near the groin, the latter by a stab in
the breast. The two female figures who are standing near the
combatants are furies. They are represented with wings; they
hold a torch in one hand, and with the other hand, which is stret-
ched out over the antagonists, they seem to encourage and applaud
the rage which inspires them. At each end is a pilaster, and over
the figures is the following inscription, written from right to left in
red letters :
The figures on this urn retain some of the colours with which
they were originally painted. Upon the cover is a recumbent
female figure; she is represented sleeping, and resting her head
on a pillow. From the Collection of Sir W. Hamilton.
Two urns, similar in their subjects to the one before us, are en-
graved in Dempsteri Etruria Regalis, torn. i. tab. Lili. The first,
F
for having their pediments of the form most frequently adopted for
the covers of sepulchral monuments. Two spears crossed decorate
the ends of this urn. Do these arms and the decorations of the cover
allude to the delight which may have been derived from hunting
by the young person to whom the urn is dedicated ? and who appears
to be C. Magius Heraclida, of the Palatine tribe, son of Quintus.
Height, exclusive of lid, 9£ inches ; width 23 inches ; height of
lid, 3 j inches.
From the Towneley Collection.]
PLATE IX. Fig. 2.
An Etruscan cinerary urn, in baked clay. The bas-relief in front
represents the single combat which was fought between the two bro-
thers, Eteocles and Polynices, who were both killed, the former by
a wound which he received near the groin, the latter by a stab in
the breast. The two female figures who are standing near the
combatants are furies. They are represented with wings; they
hold a torch in one hand, and with the other hand, which is stret-
ched out over the antagonists, they seem to encourage and applaud
the rage which inspires them. At each end is a pilaster, and over
the figures is the following inscription, written from right to left in
red letters :
The figures on this urn retain some of the colours with which
they were originally painted. Upon the cover is a recumbent
female figure; she is represented sleeping, and resting her head
on a pillow. From the Collection of Sir W. Hamilton.
Two urns, similar in their subjects to the one before us, are en-
graved in Dempsteri Etruria Regalis, torn. i. tab. Lili. The first,
F