. Ilios : the city and country of the Trojans : the 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. he beads which wesee on Nos. 698, 700, 701, and 702. Thecurious ear-ring No. 703 is in the form oftwo serpents, and No. 704 in form of threesuch serpents. They consist, as Mr. Giulianoexplains, of as many plates as there are serpents: these plates werebossed out, and rows of grooves made in each of them; then the twobossed plates were joined together and the lines of grooves filled withglo
. Ilios : the city and country of the Trojans : the 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. he beads which wesee on Nos. 698, 700, 701, and 702. Thecurious ear-ring No. 703 is in the form oftwo serpents, and No. 704 in form of threesuch serpents. They consist, as Mr. Giulianoexplains, of as many plates as there are serpents: these plates werebossed out, and rows of grooves made in each of them; then the twobossed plates were joined together and the lines of grooves filled withglobular grains; after that a gold bead was soldered to each end; intothe bead at the one extremity was then soldered a globular piece ofgold, such as we see it on the thick end of the ear-ring No. 841, whereasa gold wire was soldered to the other side to form the ear-ring. Here,therefore, we see for the first time granular work. Very simple but highly curious are the gold ear-rings Nos. 705 and706, of which about a dozen were found. They are nearly in the form ofour modern shirt studs, and are 0*3 in. long. They are, however, not 696 697 looooo~o^oooooooooooooo) C ooc)oooo O O OOOOOOOOQOOo) 69S 699 700. ^ ^Z^ 715 716 717 718 719 720 721 722 726 727 728 729 730 731 732 733 734 ^©®® Hi®®®® 735
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