History of ancient pottery: Greek, Etruscan, and Roman (1905)
Walters, Henry Beauchamp, 1867-1944, Birch, Samuel, 1813-1885 · New York, Scribner · leaf 82
nlarge models of Etruscan tombs in which the arrangement iscarefully reproduced. The vases, as we have already mentioned, are often rangedround the dead, being hung upon or placed near the walls, orpiled up in the corners. Some hold the ashes of the deceased ;others, small objects used during life.… … FIG. 4. THE CAMPANA TOMH AT VKII, AS IT APPKAKF.D WHEN OPENED. probably from having accompanied the deceased to the funeralpyre. Sometimes they are dug up in a complete state of pre-servation, and still full of the ashes of the dead.^ These aresometimes found inside a large and coarser vase of…
Pottery, Ancient · Mythology, Greek
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