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 . mple in which theyhad burned being desecrated, anddwelling-houses erected upon itssite. These houses seem to have hadneither doors nor windows, or ratherthese necessary openings were atsuch a height from the ground thatall trace of them has brick wall on the western side, be-tween the massive wall of the oldfortress and the inner wall (No. 1540,7), shows that they were constructed
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 . mple in which theyhad burned being desecrated, anddwelling-houses erected upon itssite. These houses seem to have hadneither doors nor windows, or ratherthese necessary openings were atsuch a height from the ground thatall trace of them has brick wall on the western side, be-tween the massive wall of the oldfortress and the inner wall (No. 1540,7), shows that they were constructed inthe same fashion as the earlier brickbuildings beneath. The bricks, aswill be seen from the following table,were of various sizes:— 10 inches X 8.^x3. Hi „ X 5*x2£. 10 „ X 8 x2J. 11 „ X10 X2|.191- „ xi2 X2£.181 „ Xi2£x2f. It may be noted that one of thebricks has upon it the print of thetoes of a childs foot. Among the pottery found in thisupper stratum may be mentioned thefragment of a specimen of the olddark-coloured ribbed pottery, in theshape of the handle, neck, and brokenspout of a vase, the spout beingadorned with two eyes, in order toavert the evil eye (No. 1568). Frag-. No. 1568. Upper portion of ribbed Vase, with eyes onSpout. ments were also found both of archaicand of later Greek painted pottery, aswell as sepulchralpithoi and cists of theHellenic period. In fact, a time camewhen the ancient tumulus of HanaiTepeh formed a portion of the necro-polis of the historical town of Thym-bra, now represented by Akshi Kioi,and groups of tombs are met with allthe way to it from the latter tombs, too, occur near thesurface of the tumulus, some of whichcontain several bodies, along withvases, beads, and bronze tombs are built of stones, withstone covers, and are ornamented withengraved crosses. Turkish and otherundetermined interments have alsobeen found. A large number of Greek amphoraehave been dug up in the surface is p
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