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human face in front view, it is hard to believe that so respectable an achieve- 

 ment as the head of the snake-legged demon would have been possible before 

 the fifth century. In fact, if this sarcophagus stood quite alone, I should 

 be inclined to propose an even later date for it. As it is, I hesitate to 

 separate it widely from its companions. The discovery of additional 

 sarcophagi of this type may clear up the chronological questions involved. 

 Meanwhile the Chicago specimens are made accessible to students of 

 Etruscan antiquities. 



