. Excavations at Phylakopi in Melos,. )ed object, XXXVIII. 80, with a hole atthe apex ; length 04. A lump of copper waste, and pieces of copper oi-e adhering to tlvbottom of a frucilili of \T1v coai>e clav, >how th;it r-Mppor was snichcil. i-i(.. IGl.—Stunk ilui , \sd Axt in jt (reconstructed). at Phylakopi. Of the crucible only the bottom is preserved ; it was foundin J 2 at a depth of 2-20 to 8-20 m. ^ The process of casting is by two fragments of moulds. Thesimpler (Fig. 161), made of coarse-grained micaceous stone, is part of amould for a double axe. The
. Excavations at Phylakopi in Melos,. )ed object, XXXVIII. 80, with a hole atthe apex ; length 04. A lump of copper waste, and pieces of copper oi-e adhering to tlvbottom of a frucilili of \T1v coai>e clav, >how th;it r-Mppor was snichcil. i-i(.. IGl.—Stunk ilui , \sd Axt in jt (reconstructed). at Phylakopi. Of the crucible only the bottom is preserved ; it was foundin J 2 at a depth of 2-20 to 8-20 m. ^ The process of casting is by two fragments of moulds. Thesimpler (Fig. 161), made of coarse-grained micaceous stone, is part of amould for a double axe. The matrix, is -065 wide, and, in its present brokenstate, OS long; it deepens towards the centre. The whole fragmentmeasures 11 by lO, Two flattish depressions in the lip show where a corewas inserted to form the haft-hole; a third near one end is a duct for themetal. It had a cover which may have been lashed. The fragment of amore complex mould, made of argillaceous schist, has four holes along itsedge for keying it to the other half-mould, placed at intervals of large and small ; the larger holes contained metal, presumablybronze, pins, which were secured by a running of lead from a groove alongthe exterior: the smaller holes
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