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arms of monster; (6) yellow, for tunic of monster and for bills and tails of 

 birds; (7) light yellow, for necks and bodies of birds; (8) blue, for back- 

 ground. In addition there seem to be traces of (9) white, the purpose of 

 which is hard to make out. Possibly it may have formed a border inclosing 

 the design on three sides, viz., along the upjier edge and at the two ends. 

 Of course, some of the above-mentioned colors may have been obtained by 

 mixing, but there is no indication of one color being laid on over another, as 

 is reported for the specimen in Berlin. 



On the other long side (Plate XXXVI) the coloring is simpler: outlines 

 brown; heads and bodies mainly orange red, but with brownish purple 

 bellies; tails yellow and brownish purple; indistinct object in the center 

 orange, red, and yellow; background blue. 



On the better-preserved end (Plate XXXVII) the outlines are in part 

 single, like those on the long sides, in part double, brown and yellow, the 

 latter color lying outside the former; wings are orange red, as is also a patch 

 on the belly; head and tail yellow; remainder of the creature blue. Con- 

 trary to the practice elsewhere, the background on this end is not painted 

 blue, but left in the natural color of the tuff. 



Unlike the sarcophagus of this group in Berlin, which has six cubical 

 feet, viz., one at each corner and one at the middle of each long side, the 

 three specimens above described have each two feet, which extend from side 

 to side at some distance from the ends, as may be easily recognized from the 

 illustrations. 



The smallness of these sarcophagi is remarkable. A is obviously for a 

 child. B and C, though larger, have cavities only i .6 m or i . 5 m in length 

 and 0.395 or o .37 m in breadth. The specimen in Berlin is somewhat wider, 

 but the available length is no greater.' If these three were occupied by 

 adult men or women extended at full length, these persons must have been 

 of very small stature.' The shallowness of the cavities need occasion no 



' The measurements given are: length, i . 75 m; breadth, o. 73 m; thickness of walls, 

 o. 13 m. This would indicate i .49X0.47 m as interior dimensions. 



' Few data for comparison are available. The dimensions of the tuff sarcophagi 

 found at Narce are not given in the Monumenti antichi, Vol. IV. The archaic terra-cotta 

 sarcophagus from Cervetri in the I^ouvre (Loncp^rier, Mus6e Napoleon, III, Plate 

 XXXV) is 2 m in length. The similar specimen from the same site now in the Villa 

 Giulia near Rome is of the same length. Its cavity measures i .62X0.60 m (Monumenti 

 antichi, Vol. VIII, pp. 521 flf.). On the other hand, the specimen now in the British 

 Museum is only 4 ft. 5 in. (i .345 m) in length. The fact is stated without comment by 

 Murray, Terracotta Sarcophagi in the British Museum, p. 25, as well as by Walters, 

 Catalogue of the Terracottas in the British Museum, p. 183. This sarcophagus could not 

 have been intended for a child, because, like the two other terra-cotta sarcophagi, it has 

 figures of a man and woman, obviously a married pair, on the cover. It is strange that its 

 smallness has not been brought into the discussion regarding its authenticity. 



