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 . A like useis suggested by Professor W. Helbig for the vases of terra-cotta withperforated bottoms found in the Italian The Koyal Museumat Berlin contains a sieve-like bowl like No. 1190, as well as a one-handledjug, perforated all over like No. 1191. Professor Virchow suggests thatthey may have been used to preserve fruits; and probably he is right. No. 1197 is a crucible of but sl
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 . A like useis suggested by Professor W. Helbig for the vases of terra-cotta withperforated bottoms found in the Italian The Koyal Museumat Berlin contains a sieve-like bowl like No. 1190, as well as a one-handledjug, perforated all over like No. 1191. Professor Virchow suggests thatthey may have been used to preserve fruits; and probably he is right. No. 1197 is a crucible of but slightly-baked clay, which, as Mr. Giuliano says,was mixed with cow-dung to make the vesselstronger and better able to resist the 1198 is another crucible. No. 1199marks a smaller boat-like vessel, of a similarclay and fabric, which must also have beenused in Trojan metallurgy. Nos. 1200 and 1201 represent perforatedcylinders of grey clay, which have evidentlybeen only sun-dried, and never baked. Claycylinders of this shape are frequent in thefourth city, but they are still much more abundant in the third, the burntcity, where, owing to the intense heat to which they have been exposed in. No. 1197. Crucible of Clay. (Nearlyhalf actual size. Depth, 19 ft.) No. 11 No. 1199.
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