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 . No. 324 also occurs very fre-quently, and still more abundant is the form No. 325, which in the upperpre-historic cities has sometimes three feet. With rare exceptions, allthe goblets, of whatever form, are of a lustrous-red colour ; the only othercolour which sometimes, but very seldom, occurs on the goblets, is alustrous black. Chap. VII.] CUEIOUS PERFORATED VESSELS. 373 I further represent h
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 . No. 324 also occurs very fre-quently, and still more abundant is the form No. 325, which in the upperpre-historic cities has sometimes three feet. With rare exceptions, allthe goblets, of whatever form, are of a lustrous-red colour ; the only othercolour which sometimes, but very seldom, occurs on the goblets, is alustrous black. Chap. VII.] CUEIOUS PERFORATED VESSELS. 373 I further represent here, under No. 326, a cup with three feet andtwo handles; it is of a lustrous-black colour, and decorated all roundwith parallel horizontal lines. Only of this type have beenfound in the third city; but it is very frequent in the following still more frequent in the latter is a double-handled cup of thevery same shape, but without the tripod feet; indeed, this shape is soabundant there, that I was able to collect many hundreds of specimens;but it never occurs in the third, the burnt city. I may add that noneof these various forms of goblets have ever been found No. 327. Very curious sieve-like perforated Tripod-vessel. (Half actual size. Depth, 24 ft.) No. 327 is a very curious tripod-vessel in the form of a one-handledpitcher, which stands on its side, supported by three feet, and ispierced all over with holes like a sieve. Similar vessels are not rare,either in the third or the following city; but their use is a mysteryto us. All of them have been made on the potters wheel, are unpolished,and of the rudest fabric. All the holes have evidently been made beforethe vessel was baked. But the baking is not thorough. Similar vesselshave never been found elsewhere. Professor Helbig5 suggests that thelarge sieve-like perforated terra-cotta vases found in the Italian terramaremay have served for separating the liquid honey from the wax. May thevessel
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