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84 POMPEIANA.
Upon the monument was to be carved
a ship under full sail, with himself repre-
sented sitting on the deck, clothed in ma-
gisterial robes and insignia, pouring out
riches upon the multitude; also a tricli-
nium, and the people feasting therein.
At his right hand was to be placed the
statue of his wife, with a dove, and
holding a dog by a chain; around him
well secured amphorss, while one was
to appear broken, and upon it a boy
weeping the misfortune: the whole to be
surmounted by a sun-dial; that the eye
of the traveller might be attracted to-
wards the inscription recording his name,
modesty, riches, and good fortune, to-
gether with any thing else in his praise
his heirs might think proper to add.
Frequently there were placed, at or
within the sepulchre, the statues of the
relatives or particular friends of the de-
ceased ; and thus the bust of the poet
Ennius is mentioned by Livy to have
Upon the monument was to be carved
a ship under full sail, with himself repre-
sented sitting on the deck, clothed in ma-
gisterial robes and insignia, pouring out
riches upon the multitude; also a tricli-
nium, and the people feasting therein.
At his right hand was to be placed the
statue of his wife, with a dove, and
holding a dog by a chain; around him
well secured amphorss, while one was
to appear broken, and upon it a boy
weeping the misfortune: the whole to be
surmounted by a sun-dial; that the eye
of the traveller might be attracted to-
wards the inscription recording his name,
modesty, riches, and good fortune, to-
gether with any thing else in his praise
his heirs might think proper to add.
Frequently there were placed, at or
within the sepulchre, the statues of the
relatives or particular friends of the de-
ceased ; and thus the bust of the poet
Ennius is mentioned by Livy to have