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 . Chap. VII.] OWL YASES AND COVERS. 343 No. 234 represents another hand-made vase, like No. 227, but it hasbeen so much exposed to the intense heat of the conflagration, that it isdifficult to recognize its original (1: 8 actual size. Depth, 2S ft.) No. 235 represents probably the most remarkable hand-made owl-headed vase I ever found at Hissarlik. I discovered it at a depth of8\ metres,
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 . Chap. VII.] OWL YASES AND COVERS. 343 No. 234 represents another hand-made vase, like No. 227, but it hasbeen so much exposed to the intense heat of the conflagration, that it isdifficult to recognize its original (1: 8 actual size. Depth, 2S ft.) No. 235 represents probably the most remarkable hand-made owl-headed vase I ever found at Hissarlik. I discovered it at a depth of8\ metres, or 28 ft., on the ground-floor in the royal house of the thirdor burnt city; it is of a lustrous-brown colour, and 25 in. high. Inspite of the intense heat to which it had been exposed in the conflagration,it is not thoroughly baked. It has two breasts and two handles : a verypretty necklace is represented around the neck by a series of grooves andprojecting circles. The beauty of this vase is enhanced by the scarfwhich we see in relief across its body. No. 236 represents another of those pretty lustrous dark-yellow vase-covers with owl-faces, of which we showed one under No. 231. The coverbefore us was found in a large red urn at a depth of 27 ft., on thegreat wall close to the gate: hence its good preservation. No. 237 represents one more vase-cover, with an owls head modelled
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