Troja : results of the latest researches and discoveries on the site of Homer's Troy, and in the heroic Tumuli and other sites made in the year 1882, and a narrative of a journey in the Troad in 1881 . - have here a very symmetrical quadrangularperforation, 0,008 mm. long by 0,002 broad in thebroadest part ; so that, if these brooches were cut off im-mediately above this hole or eye, they would resemble ourpresent sail-needles. It is a puzzle to us how these needlesmay ha\e been used ; they could certainly not have beenemployed for sewing, as the large head would have preventedthe needle
Troja : results of the latest researches and discoveries on the site of Homer's Troy, and in the heroic Tumuli and other sites made in the year 1882, and a narrative of a journey in the Troad in 1881 . - have here a very symmetrical quadrangularperforation, 0,008 mm. long by 0,002 broad in thebroadest part ; so that, if these brooches were cut off im-mediately above this hole or eye, they would resemble ourpresent sail-needles. It is a puzzle to us how these needlesmay ha\e been used ; they could certainly not have beenemployed for sewing, as the large head would have preventedthe needle being drawn through the linen. I would there- Chap. III.] BRONZE NEEDLES, BROOCHES, &c. 139 fore suggest that they were used as brooches, and that tiiequadrangular perforation served for suspending some orna-ment. A perfectly similar brooch of bronze or copper, Xo. 65. No. 64 Xo. 62. Xo. Cj. No. 65. m Nos. 62,63.—Brooches of bronze or copper Nos. 64, 65.—Brooches of bronze or copper with a No. 66.—Punch of with spiral heads. semiglobular head and a quadrangular perforation. bronze or copper. Half-size; depth Half-size; depth about 8-5001. Half-size; dept 1 about 8•50 m. about 8•50m.
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