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In the pole of the royal tent, called by some a 

 tabernacle, shown in fig. 6^, two pairs of horns are 

 seen as tied to the end of the pole, and two other 

 pairs tied to the middle. I might here note that if 

 the top of this pole were cut off just below the lower 

 horns, as shown in fig 78, it would give us the ' fleur- 

 de-lys,' as used in heraldry, pure and simple. 



Fig 78. — Top of tabernacle 

 pole shewn in fig. 67. 



Fig. 80. — Ornament from terra-cotta Fig. 79. — Fragment of bronze furniture, 



sarcophagus, from Coere(Cervetri), from Layard, Perrot and Chipiez, 



British Museum, Encyclopaedia fig. 198, vol. ii. 

 Britannica, ' Etruria.' 



Then in fig. 79 is shown a much more modified 

 version of the ' fleur-de-lys.' Its lateral limbs are of 

 the shape of kidney-beans. Curiously enough, in the 

 ' Encyclopaedia Britannica,' under the word Etruria, is 

 given a similar ornament on a terra-cotta sarcophagus, 

 which is in the British Museum, and which I have 

 given in fig. 80. It appears to be a modification of 

 the two pairs of horns, tied to a post, and the leafy 



