Ilios; the city and country of the TrojansThe results of researches and discoveries on the site of Troy and throughout the Troad in the years 1871-72-73-78-79, including an autobiography of the author . No. 230. Fragment of a Vase.(Half actual size. Depth, 26 ft.). JSo. 231. Vase wuh the characteristics of awoman, and Cover with owls head.(The Vase was found in 13, the Cover in26 ft. depth. 1: 3 actual size.) from which issues on either side a spiral ornamentation in cover is also hand-made, of a lustrous-yellow colour, and hasa handle of the usual crest-shaped Professor Sayc
Ilios; the city and country of the TrojansThe results of researches and discoveries on the site of Troy and throughout the Troad in the years 1871-72-73-78-79, including an autobiography of the author . No. 230. Fragment of a Vase.(Half actual size. Depth, 26 ft.). JSo. 231. Vase wuh the characteristics of awoman, and Cover with owls head.(The Vase was found in 13, the Cover in26 ft. depth. 1: 3 actual size.) from which issues on either side a spiral ornamentation in cover is also hand-made, of a lustrous-yellow colour, and hasa handle of the usual crest-shaped Professor Sayce observesto me that the ornaments below the breasts of this vase resemblethe litui carried by Hittite figures at Boghaz Kioi (near the Halys)and elsewhere. No. 232 represents the interesting hand-made black owl-faced vase, inwhich quite a treasure of gold ornaments was found. I shall pass thesein review in discussing the metals of the burnt city. The wing-likeupright projections of this vase were broken off; the female breasts arepeculiarly large, and unusually wide apart; the vulva is represented bya projection with a cavity. In fabric and colour this vase resembles a so-called Gesichtsurne found in a tomb at Golencin, near Thedifference is that o
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