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 . vii. 20, § 6. 1 H, N. vi. 32. 6 ; xii. 22. 1. Chap. V.] PINS, AWLS, AND NEEDLES OF BONE. 261 Mr. Philip Smith observes to me that: In the ancient Egyptianrecords we have accounts of immense quantities of gold levied by thegreat king Thutmes III. of the Eighteenth Dynasty (in the sixteenthcentury ), as tribute from the land of Zahi (that is, Phoenicia). Goldis also named among the tributes o
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 . vii. 20, § 6. 1 H, N. vi. 32. 6 ; xii. 22. 1. Chap. V.] PINS, AWLS, AND NEEDLES OF BONE. 261 Mr. Philip Smith observes to me that: In the ancient Egyptianrecords we have accounts of immense quantities of gold levied by thegreat king Thutmes III. of the Eighteenth Dynasty (in the sixteenthcentury ), as tribute from the land of Zahi (that is, Phoenicia). Goldis also named among the tributes of Punt, the Egyptian Ophir, whichBrugsch-Bey holds to be on the African coast of Somauli, opposite toArabia. But the chief supply was derived from the southern lands ofKush (Nubia), which Brugsch-Bey calls the Egyptian California. Goldwas obtained from this region as early as the Twelfth Dynasty, andthe gold-washings in the desert valley of Ahita (Wady Alaki) were theobjects of special care to the great kings of the Nineteenth Dynasty,Kamses II. and his father Under No. 123 I represent a needle of bone with a perforated head. No. 123. No. 124. No. 125. No. 126. No. 12?. No. 130. No. Nos. 123-140. Pins, Awls, and Needles of bone and ivory, from the lowest stratum.(Half and 3 :4 actual size. Depth, 40 to 52 ft.) 2 Brugschs Hist, of Egypt under the Tha- ductions brought from Punt furnish a remark-raohs, vol. i. pp. 379, 383 ; pp. 81 f., Eng. able parallel to the account of the Ophir-voyagestrans., 2nd ed.—The Egyptian records of the pro- of Solomons fleet (op. ext. vol. i. pp. 352 f.). 262 THE FIKST PRE-HISTORIC CITY. [Chap. V. Nos. 124, 125, 126, 127, and 128 are rudely-ornamented bone needleswithout holes; Nos. 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, and 136 are pointedinstruments of bone, which may have been used as awls, with the excep-tion perhaps of Nos. 129 and 136, which are quite flat. The objectsNos. 137 and 138 are of ivory; as the latter is in the sh
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