which contains various works of art brought from the ancient towns of
Etruria and Magna Græcia. These works are generally mixed up in the
Roman museums.
FIRST ROOM.--Three terra-cotta sarcophagi, with reclining figures on
the covers; two horses' heads in tufa from Vulci.
SECOND ROOM.--Cinerary urns from Volterra, in Volterra alabaster.
THIRD ROOM.--A large peperino sarcophagus, found at Corneto, the
ancient Tarquinii: an Etruscan king-priest, _Lucumo_, reclines upon
it, and on its sides are Greek myths. A travertine slab, with a Latin
and Umbrian inscription, from Todi; frieze of terra-cotta from
Cervetri. In the corners of the room cinerary urns, found beneath a
volcanic stratum between Albano and Marino: they are in the form of
huts, and still contain ashes.
FOURTH ROOM.--A Roman Mercury in terra-cotta, found at Tivoli; a
wounded youth reclining on a couch, generally called Adonis.
FIFTH, SIXTH, SEVENTH, and EIGHTH ROOMS contain terra-cotta vases,
glass beads, and ornaments.
NINTH ROOM (_entered from Sixth Room_).--Hall of bronzes and
jewellery; a bronze statue of a warrior, found at Todi in 1835;
shields, arrows, helmets, spurs, mirrors, &c.; a funeral bier from
Cære; a bronze child with a bulla, supposed to represent Tages, the
boy-god who sprang from a clod of earth at Tarquinii; a Roman
war-chariot, found at the Villa of the Quintilii on the Appian Way;
bronze toilet-cases (_cista mistica_); brazier with tongs on wheels; a
rake with a hand for its handle; shovel--two swans bearing a boy and a
girl form the handle. _In the centre of the hall_, Jewel-case of
objects found in the tomb of _Mi Larthial_ ("I, the great lady") and
of an Etruscan priest at Cervetri (Cære), from which town and its
customs we get the word "ceremony."
TENTH ROOM.--Bronze figure of a boy; and Roman lead pipes.
ELEVENTH ROOM.--Copies of the frescoes found in the tombs at Vulci and
Tarquinii; Etruscan vases.
TWELFTH ROOM.--Imitation Tomb, with genuine peperino lions.