. Mycenaean Troy, based on Dörpfeld's excavations in the sixth of the nine buried cities at Hissarlik. Fig. is. Gkound Plan of East Tower masonry resembles that of the South Citadel contrast between this style of building and thatof the East Wall can be noted in fig. 19, where wesee the scarped East Wall (a), the north (b) and thesouth (c) walls of the tower. It will be observed thatthe city wall (a) consists of smaller and more irregu-lar stones. On the right of the picture are to be seentwo pieces of the upper story of the tower, consist- ^Dorpfeld, Troja mid Ilion, pp. 139-144. TH
. Mycenaean Troy, based on Dörpfeld's excavations in the sixth of the nine buried cities at Hissarlik. Fig. is. Gkound Plan of East Tower masonry resembles that of the South Citadel contrast between this style of building and thatof the East Wall can be noted in fig. 19, where wesee the scarped East Wall (a), the north (b) and thesouth (c) walls of the tower. It will be observed thatthe city wall (a) consists of smaller and more irregu-lar stones. On the right of the picture are to be seentwo pieces of the upper story of the tower, consist- ^Dorpfeld, Troja mid Ilion, pp. 139-144. THE MYCENAEAN CITY 63 ing of small but regular stones (d). The founda-tion is not so solid as that of the East Wall—a factwhich has caused the rents visible in the tower wallsat c. The thickness of the front wall (e f in fig. IS)is about 3 m., while that of the side walls (d e and g f)is about 2 m. The existence of numerous holes in. Fig. 19. East Tuwek both side walls leads us to assume that at the top ofthe tower a horizontal platform was supported bywooden timbers extending lengthwise, on which werelaid the strong iloor beams. It is probable that uponthese were placed planks and reeds, which were cov-ered with a layer of earth. The lower inner room,which must have been about 3 m. high, extended toithe outside wall of the citadel, while the upper roomreached some distance beyond, until shut in by thewall (a c). 6i MYCENAEAN TEOY Although the walls of the upper story of the towerare only about m. thick, yet their strength wascertainly sufficient, since tower walls were not so ex-posed to the attacks of a besieging host as was thewall of the citadel itself. A door (b) led into theupper story, but the lower story was inaccessible ex-cept by steps from aliove. The advanced style ofmasonry of the Tower VI h, seen in fig. 19, showstliat it was one of the latest additions to the citywall. 21. The Northeast Tower.^
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