Troja : results of the latest researches and discoveries on the site of Homer's Troy, and in the heroic Tumuli and other sites made in the year 1882, and a narrative of a journey in the Troad in 1881 . two have the upper end per-forated. I represent one of these in the actual size underNo. 80. The use of the perforation is not clear to me:may these perforated battle-axes perhaps have been used as Chap. III.] OBJECTS IN THE BRONZE TREASURE. 167 chisels, and may the artist have used the perforation tosuspend them on his belt ? I may here mention that theBritish INIuseum contains six battle-axes
Troja : results of the latest researches and discoveries on the site of Homer's Troy, and in the heroic Tumuli and other sites made in the year 1882, and a narrative of a journey in the Troad in 1881 . two have the upper end per-forated. I represent one of these in the actual size underNo. 80. The use of the perforation is not clear to me:may these perforated battle-axes perhaps have been used as Chap. III.] OBJECTS IN THE BRONZE TREASURE. 167 chisels, and may the artist have used the perforation tosuspend them on his belt ? I may here mention that theBritish INIuseum contains six battle-axes of copper orbronze of a similar shape, which were found in the islandof Thermia in the Greek Archipelago, and of which threeare perforated in like manner. There were also a large battle-axe, o • 23 m. long, whichI give here under No. 81, and the lower part of a curious object of copper in the form of a seal, onwhich however no engraved sign is visible. Further, threesmall but well-preserved knives of bronze, of which Irepresent one under No. 82; a bronze dagger, preciselysimilar to that found in the temple A, and representedbefore under No. 34, but rolled up in the conflagration,. No. 83.—Ring ul VI vjjjpcr. 81262:3;depth 9 m. SO that it forms nearly a circle, like the dagger No. 813,p. 482, in Ilios. The treasure further contained a bronzelance of the usual Trojan form, such as I have representedunder No. ^i})-) ^^*^ ^ most curious ring of bronze or copper,which I represent under No. 83. It is of the size of ournapkin rings, but rather thick and therefore very heavy;it is 0,045 JT^ni- broad and 0,068 mm. in diameter; rt hasfive compartments, each ornamented with a cross. Theuse of this ring is altogether a riddle to us. ]68 THE SECOND CITY: TROY. [Chap. I IE But by far the most interesting object of the httle trea-sure was a copper or bronze idol of the most ])rimitive form, which I represent here, un-der No. 84, in about 7-8ths of thesize. It has an
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