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 . Plan I. ofTroy), and that the two other treasures were found close by, and indicatedthe exact spot of the discovery, there can be no doubt as to its accuracy. No. 821 is a bar of electrum, 6 J in. long, weighing 87*20 grammes. Each of the ear-rings, Nos. 822 and 823, consists of 23 gold, wires,which are soldered together and bent round in the form of a basket; themiddle wire, which is beaten fl
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 . Plan I. ofTroy), and that the two other treasures were found close by, and indicatedthe exact spot of the discovery, there can be no doubt as to its accuracy. No. 821 is a bar of electrum, 6 J in. long, weighing 87*20 grammes. Each of the ear-rings, Nos. 822 and 823, consists of 23 gold, wires,which are soldered together and bent round in the form of a basket; themiddle wire, which is beaten flat and is as broad as three of the otherwires, is ornamented with horizontal incisions; the wire baskets aredecorated with four horizontal plates ornamented with vertical incisions;to the middle of the upper part of the baskets are soldered the ear-rings,which are flat at the top and decorated with incised vertical and hori- 486 THE THIRD, THE BURNT CITY. [Chap. VII. zontal strokes. To the lower part of the baskets is soldered a gold platedecorated with linear patterns ; and to this latter are soldered 6 rings,from which are suspended as many long chains ornamented with leaves No. 822. No. size. Nos. 822-828. Two Gold Ear-rings, •with long pendants; Gold Beads; a large lump of melted Gold,Depth, 30 ft.) with traces of Charcoal in it, and a bronze Battle-axe. (Nearly 3: 5 actual size. Depth, 30 ft.) of lancet form, in precisely the same way as those of the TrXetcrr] avaBeo-fiij,No. 687, with the sole difference that the leaves are here larger. A largedouble leaf of lancet form is suspended at the end of each chain. Thelength of each of these ear-rings with the pendants is 10 in. I Chap. VII.] OBJECTS IN THE THREE TREASURES. 487 The necklace No. 824 consists of 70 quadrangular gold beads. Thelarge gold beads, Nos. 825 and 826, are in the form of whorls. No. 827 isa lump of melted gold weighing 9730 grammes, or a little less than 3 Several pieces of charcoal are v
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