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TARQUINIA. 173
311+3 + or TETIIE. Another figure, with a
chain round his neck, and sharp-pointed shoes,
seems to be hurrying him forward, and has over
him the inscription, 4M>MMf*70/J^ /) or
ARATHVINACNA. Other figures follow, but I
had no time to sketch them all. What I have
described is correct, and I think it better to give
this very imperfect representation of them, than
to leave it undone, as some idea may be conceived
from it of what the originals are. One of these
figures is written, £3/1 M3/rTiSHv/Rrl or
AVILEREC IENIIES ; and over the other is,
£3=?TMW0q/)0 or LARTHMATVES.
The upper end of the room is divided by a false
door, on one side of which is a group, consisting of
a naked female dancer, with a gold and jewelled
necklace, an azure fillet on the head, with blonde
and short hair, and red pointed buskins. The in-
scription 8V<? VM 48 e/S \ A or LARIS PHA-
NURUS, probably refers to the flute-player by her
side, with red fillets, buskins, and mustachios. Next
comes another female dancer, naked, with superb
necklace and red peaked buskins, with this inscrip-
tion, 1313MS 1:13 sJQWAAA or ARAN-
THLEC IENEIEI. Her little dog has the in-
scription, 4V83^ or AEPHLA,vperhaps a« fiXri,
always friend, a fitting name for a faithful four-
footed companion. On the other side of the
door are four naked beardless youths, mounted
on coursers, and advancing the one after the other,