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 . ed friend, Mr. Chas. T. Neivton, has recognizeda cuttle-fish, painted with dark-red clay on a light-red dead ground, andtwo small boivls of terra-cotta from the fourth city, in which a large cross ispainted with darh-red clay;—except also the small rude idols of white marbleon which the face of an owl is roughly drawn with black clay;—there isno trace of painting on any object ever found in any
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 . ed friend, Mr. Chas. T. Neivton, has recognizeda cuttle-fish, painted with dark-red clay on a light-red dead ground, andtwo small boivls of terra-cotta from the fourth city, in which a large cross ispainted with darh-red clay;—except also the small rude idols of white marbleon which the face of an owl is roughly drawn with black clay;—there isno trace of painting on any object ever found in any one of the five pre-historic cities at Hissarlik. Of similar goblets found elsewhere I can only mention a cup foundin Zaborowo in Professor Virchows collection and another found at Pilin,4which have some resemblance to this in shape; but the difference is thatthe cups from Zaborowo and Pilin have not the wide foot which ispeculiar to the goblet before us, as well as to all those found at , their handles are much longer. No. 52 represents a very small pitcher with one handle; it hasneither been covered inside nor outside with prepared clay, and ie,therefore, very rude. No. Nos. 53, 54. Fragment of a lustrous dark-grey Vessel. No. 53, outside; No. 54, inside.(About l: 4 actual sze. Depth, 50 ft.) 1 See my Mycenae, p. 70. 3 See my Mycenae, No. 213, a, b, p. 138. 2 See my Mycenae, p. 233, No. 343, and p. 350, 4 Joseph Hampel, Antiquites prehistoriques de528. ia Rongrie; Esztergom, 1877, Plate xix. fig. 3. Q 226 THE FIEST PRE-HISTORIC CITY. [Chap. V. I further show under No. 53 the outside, and under No. 54 the inside,of a fragment of a large hand-made vase, which has impressed wave-patterns on both sides. No. 55 is a fragment of black terra-cotta, probably part of a box,to which it served as an ornament; it is decorated with lines and threeor four rows of dots, which are filled with white chalk. As appears from
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