There was one quite different form of burial, when the whole body was preserved in a stone sarcophagus. Sometimes the corpse must have first undergone some kind of disintegration in the earth, as, in one or two cases, we find the bones gathered together in a small urn, into which the whole body could never have been pushed. At other times it was stretched full length in its long stone case. Infinitely pathetic is the figure of an Etruscan lady in the corridor. There she lies just as they found her, exposed to the most casual observer, with all the requisites for an exquisite toilet upon the resurrection morning: her hot-water can, her _strigil_, her looking-glass, her pins, the money to pay her passage across the river to Eternity--nay, even the little metal weights she wore to keep her long straight skirts in order--all laid out carefully beside her, and nothing of the beauty left beyond her white and shining teeth. * * * * * Faint traces of colour linger on some of these sarcophagi. Note No. 8. The hair of the Medusa is painted a delicate lilac hue, and the acanthus leaves which encircle it are blue like the sky in spring time. * * * * * No. 23. An exception to the usual design of Greek mythology. The defence of a city--dare we say of Perugia--is here depicted. The men are fighting beneath the walls; and in the towers above, a row of valiant ladies are preparing to crush them with large and heavy stones. * * * * * No. 30. These much smaller sarcophagi are made of terra cotta and come from Chiusi. In many of them the dead are represented in a new way; they have fallen asleep wrapped in long thin veils which cover the entire figure. ROOM IV. CASE A. No. 9. Some good specimens of Etruscan helmets, one of them with flaps of iron to protect the ears of the warriors. We learn clearly in this room that the Etruscans wore elaborate armour--helmets, belts, greaves, and bronze and iron spear-heads being plentifully represented. CASE B. No. 31. _Pempobolo_ or _graffio_--an instrument used for stirring the bodies of the dead as they burned, and for raking in the ashes afterwards. * * * * * No. 35. _Cottabu._ This strange looking implement was probably used for a kind of game practised at Etruscan feasts. It is supposed that at the end of a feast, when the guests grew merry, a toast was proposed, and that a glass was put on the tray at the top of the pole just under the little deity, and then carried round the room. The broader plate below was put to catch the wine as it fell with the swinging of this most ungainly instrument. CASE D.