Roman augur's funeral urn and bird cages

Urn with snake, which perhaps contained the ashes of an augur, from the Farnese Gardens, Orti Farnesiani 1, cesta augurale or wish basket 2 and gabbia or cage 3 where birds were held for good luck. Copperplate engraving by Pietro Ruga after an illustration by Lorenzo Rocceggiani from his own 100 Plates of Costumes Religious, Civil and Military of the Ancient Egyptians, Etruscans, Greeks and Romans, Franzetti, Rome, 1802

100 Plates Of Costumes Religious Ancient Egyptians Ashes Augur Civil And Military Etruscans Greeks And Romans Lorenzo Rocceggiani Pietro Ruga Serpent

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