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 . e 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 visible in it: a large one is seen in 828 is a bronze battle-axe, similar to those we have passed in thieves asserted that they had found the battle-axe together with oneof the treasures. No. 829 is a gold bracelet, 3 in. in diamet
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 . e 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 visible in it: a large one is seen in 828 is a bronze battle-axe, similar to those we have passed in thieves asserted that they had found the battle-axe together with oneof the treasures. No. 829 is a gold bracelet, 3 in. in diameter; it is merelybent together. At the place where the two ends join is a soldered plateof oval form, decorated with incised linear patterns. Nos. 830 and 831are two ear-rings in the form of serpents; they are hollow, and have beenpunched out of thin plates of gold and soldered. On the thick end wassoldered a thick quadrangular bead, and on it a grain of gold in the formof a button. On the upper and lower parts three rows of small holes werepunched, into which were soldered small grains of gold; to the thinnerend of the serpents was soldered the ear-ring proper. Nos. 832 and 833 No. 832. No. Nos. 830, 831. Gold Ear-rings, in the form of serpents. Nos. 832, 833. Pendants of Gold. (3:4 actual (3:4 actual size. Depth, 30 ft.) size. Depth, 30 ft. are gold pendants, consisting alternately of leaves and chains made inthe same manner as those of Nos. 685 and 686, which we have explainedabove (pp. 455, 456). At the end of each is suspended a figure similarin shape to those of No. 687 (p. 457). As already stated, there are fourof these pendants or hangings. Both thieves concur in their statement that the other part of thetreasures, which was melted down, contained, amongst other jewels, a pair 4 See Nos. 806-809. 488 THE THIRD, THE BURNT CITY. [Chap. VIL No. 834. No. 835. of golden ear-rings with long pendants, like Nos. 822 and 823, and a verylarge round plate of gold with most cu
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