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 . ther things, by the contents of thelargest silver vase, consisting of nearly 9000 objects of gold, which willbe described in the subsequent pages. The person who endeavoured tosave the Treasure had, fortunately, the presence of mind to place thesilver vase, with the valuable articles inside it, upright in the chest, sothat nothing could fail out, and everything has been preserved uninjured. 11
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 . ther things, by the contents of thelargest silver vase, consisting of nearly 9000 objects of gold, which willbe described in the subsequent pages. The person who endeavoured tosave the Treasure had, fortunately, the presence of mind to place thesilver vase, with the valuable articles inside it, upright in the chest, sothat nothing could fail out, and everything has been preserved uninjured. 11 But as in 1878 and 1879 I found, at a dis-tance of but a few yards from the spot wherethis treasure was discovered, four more treasures,which must evidently have fallen from an upper storey of the town-chiefs house, I now ratherthink that the same may have been the casewith the large treasure. 42 NARRATIVE OF WORK AT TROY. HOTROD. Hoping to find more treasures here, I pulled down the upper wall,and I also broke away the enormous block of debris which separated mywestern and north-western trenches1 from the great massive walls whichI used to call the Tower. But to do this I had to pull down the a. No. 14. General View of the Treasure (Depth, 23 ft.) a. Key of the Treasure Chest, b. The Golden Diadems, Fillet,Ear-rings, and small Jewels, c. Silver Talents and Vessels of Silver and Gold. d. Silver Vases andcurious Plate of Copper, e. Weapons and Helmet-crests of Copper or Bronze. /. Copper Vessel, g. CopperCauldron, h. Copper Shield. larger of my wooden houses, and to bridge over the Gates, so as tofacilitate the removal of the debris. I found there many interesting 1 See Plan I. (of Troy) ; also on Nos. 9 and 10 the block in front and on No. 13 on the left side. 1874.] TROY AND ITS REMAINS. 43 antiquities; more especially three silver dishes (</naAat), 1 ft. 9 in. belowthe place where the Treasure was discovered : two of them were broken inpieces by the labourers pickaxe, the
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