Troja : results of the latest researches and discoveries on the site of Homer's Troy, and in the heroic Tumuli and other sites made in the year 1882, and a narrative of a journey in the Troad in 1881 . No. 53.—Vase-head. Size 1:3;depth 8* 50 m. No. 54.—Vase with two handles,and two ear-like excrescencesperforated vertically. Size 1:3;depth 8 •50111. No. 53 exhibits a very curious vase-head, of a kind neverfound before ; it is of an unusually line clay, and of a lustrousblack colour ; the rim, which expands considerably, gives tothe vase-head a peculiarly interesting appearance. Of thesame clay
Troja : results of the latest researches and discoveries on the site of Homer's Troy, and in the heroic Tumuli and other sites made in the year 1882, and a narrative of a journey in the Troad in 1881 . No. 53.—Vase-head. Size 1:3;depth 8* 50 m. No. 54.—Vase with two handles,and two ear-like excrescencesperforated vertically. Size 1:3;depth 8 •50111. No. 53 exhibits a very curious vase-head, of a kind neverfound before ; it is of an unusually line clay, and of a lustrousblack colour ; the rim, which expands considerably, gives tothe vase-head a peculiarly interesting appearance. Of thesame clay and colour is also the vase, No. 54, which has ontwo of its sides small handles, on the other two sides ear-like excrescences with vertical perforations, to which theholes in the rim correspond; it has a small flat 55 is a curious tripod vase in the form of a hedgehog,of a thick clay and a lustrous dark-brown colour. Unlike allthe other Trojan animal-vases, the hedgehog before us has atail distinctly indicated. As usual, the mouth-piece is hereon the hinder part, and joined to the back by a handle ; Chap. III.] VASE IN THE FORM OF A HEDGEHOG. 31 contiguous to the latter is a s
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