Three Etruscan Painted Sarcophagi 65 



A (cat. no. 24645) 



Outside measurements: length, 1.25 m; breadth (of receptacle, not 

 cover), 0.48 m; height (to top of cover), 0.95 m. Inside measurements: 

 length, 1 .065 m; breadth, 0.305 m; depth, 0.215 ^' 



The cover is broken into three pieces. There are only slight, if any, 

 traces of repainting. 



The designs on the two long sides (Plate XXIX) are closely similar: 

 two large birds (geese ?) fronting each other, with a cup between them. On 

 each end (Plate XXX) is an identical floral ornament, the upper part of 

 which is on the cover. On each side of the top of the cover (Plate XXIX) , 

 at the right-hand end, is a walking sphinx fronting to right. There are 

 no unmistakable traces of any figures occupying the left-hand ends of these 

 two surfaces. Probably the two sphinxes, symmetrically placed as they are, 

 were thought sufficient. 



The colors used are blue, black, brown, yellow, and red. The back- 

 ground is everywhere blue. The outlines are partly black, partly yellow, 

 fxartly red. The four large birds are colored alike: wings brown and red, 

 other parts yellow. The floral ornaments on the ends are red. The 

 sphinxes have hair brown; faces and breasts yellow; wings yellow, red, 

 blue, and brown; remaining parts red. 



B (cat. no. 24644) 



Outside measurements: length, 1.89 m; breadth, 0.56 m; height, 

 1.055 m. Inside measurements: length, 1.6 m; breadth, 0.395 m; depth, 

 0.215 ^^ 



The cover is broken into two pieces. A few unimportant cracks have 

 been filled in with plaster, which has been smeared over to resemble the tuflf, 

 and the paintings have been extensively retouched. 



On one of the two long sides (Plate XXXI) are two walking sphinxes 

 fronting each other, with a floral ornament between them. On the other 

 long side (Plate XXXII) are two dogs similarly placed, with a different 

 floral ornament between them. On each end (Plates XXXIII-XXXIV) 

 is a floral ornament, the upper part of which is on the cover. These two end 

 ornaments are similar, but not identical. On the top of the cover are four 

 marine monsters (hippocamps), two on each side. Between the two on one 

 side, but apparently not on the other, is a cup. At each of the four corners 

 of the top of the cover is a palmette, inclined inward (Plate XXXII). 



Judging by present appearances, the colors used are the same as upon 

 A: blue, black, brown, yellow, and red. The background is everywhere 

 blue. The outlines of figures and ornaments are partly black, partly yellow, 



