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 . ich cannot hut he meant to indicate the hair. Thehair is indicated in like manner on the forehead of the idols Nos. 205, 206, 207, 216, whereas on Nos. 194,196, 200, and 239 it is indi-cated on the hack. Nos. 193 and 194 show thefront and hack of a broken figureof terra-cotta; the breasts ap-pear to indicate that a womanwas intended to he represented;four strokes on the neck seemto denote her a
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 . ich cannot hut he meant to indicate the hair. Thehair is indicated in like manner on the forehead of the idols Nos. 205, 206, 207, 216, whereas on Nos. 194,196, 200, and 239 it is indi-cated on the hack. Nos. 193 and 194 show thefront and hack of a broken figureof terra-cotta; the breasts ap-pear to indicate that a womanwas intended to he represented;four strokes on the neck seemto denote her armour; only oneof the arms has been preserved,which is in an upright position;two lines proceeding from thearms, and crossing each otherover the body, give her a war-like appearance; her long hairis distinctly marked on the backof the head. Nos. 195, 196 re-present the very rude terra-cotta idol referred to before; itis so rudely made that the eyes,for instance, are above the eye-brows, and the vulva just belowthe beak, but still the form isthat of all the other idols: the Idol of Trachyte. (About 1:3 actual size. ?, i„-Ui„ ^ 4-1,^ Ko^lr Depth, 2G ft.) l°ng scratchmgs on the back,. Chap. VIL] IDOLS OF TE11RA-COTTA, BONE, MARBLE, ETC. 333 indicating the hair, are very characteristic. No. 197 represents, in about2 : 5 size, a marble idol in. long and 3 in. broad. No. 198 is the above-mentioned idol of terra-cotta, which is bulged on both sides, and has twolarge eyes and an owl-beak slightly protruding. Nos. 199 and 200 are the No. 202. Marble Idol. (Actual size. Depth, about 28 ft.) above-mentioned two flat idols of bone. Of a similar shape to No. 195, butvery thick and somewhat bulged, is the idol No. 201 (referred to above),which is of trachyte, 9J in. long and 6 in. broad. This is the secondlargest idol of trachyte found by me at Hissarlik, the usual material ofthe idols being white marble; those of mica-schist, bone, or terra-cotta, 334 THE THIED, THE BURNT CITY
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