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 . n the form of a flower-saucer, the form of a goblet, with sieve-like perfora- with incised decoration. (1: 6 actual size, tions. (Half actual size. Depth, 23 ft.) Depth, 26 ft.) 8 See Nos. 1338, 1339, p. 582. 412 THE THIRD, THE BURNT CITY. [Chap. VII. are in his collection of antiquities from Zaborowo in Posen. Similarcensers are preserved in the Markisches Museum at Berlin. No. 481 is a very p
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 . n the form of a flower-saucer, the form of a goblet, with sieve-like perfora- with incised decoration. (1: 6 actual size, tions. (Half actual size. Depth, 23 ft.) Depth, 26 ft.) 8 See Nos. 1338, 1339, p. 582. 412 THE THIRD, THE BURNT CITY. [Chap. VII. are in his collection of antiquities from Zaborowo in Posen. Similarcensers are preserved in the Markisches Museum at Berlin. No. 481 is a very pretty lustrous-red vessel, in the form of a flower-saucer. Its flat bottom is ornamented with linear decorations and a crossof dots. The engraving represents a side view of this curious vessel,whose decoration is given separately above it. This vase-cover finds itsanalogue in that which we see on a vase found near Guben in Lusatia,and represented under No. 5 on PL xvii. in the Sessional Report of theBerlin Society for Anthropology, 21st July, 1877. Nos. 482 and 483 are fragments of a very large red vase, decoratedalternately with broad bands filled with fanciful strokes and with rows of No. JNos. 4*2, Fragments of a large Vase, with a curious impresstd decoration.(Nearly 1:5 actual size. Depth, 26 ft.) small or large stamps representing crosses in relief; even the handles aredecorated with stamps containing similar crosses. These fragments haveevidently been exposed to an intense heat in the conflagration, for theyare thoroughly baked. Professor Sayce remarks to me that the circleswith crosses within them resemble the Babylonian rosette, a favouriteBabylonian and Hittite decoration. Professor Virchow mentions to methat he noticed a similar ornamentation on terra-cotta vessels found atBologna. No. 484 represents the fragment of a grey vase-cover, with the incisedlinear representation of a stag and another animal, probably intended fora cuttle-fish; but Professor Virc
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