. 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. Nos. 996-998. Owl-faced Idols of Marble. (Actual size. Depth, 13 to 20ft.) No. 996 has a girdle; No. 997,four necklaces; on No. 998 the owls face is painted. British Museum. The idol No. 995 is of slate and flat; of the face,only the two eyes are marked. A necklace is indicated by two horizontalstrokes. Through the inability of the primitive artist, the breasts areindicated on the shoulder
. 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. Nos. 996-998. Owl-faced Idols of Marble. (Actual size. Depth, 13 to 20ft.) No. 996 has a girdle; No. 997,four necklaces; on No. 998 the owls face is painted. British Museum. The idol No. 995 is of slate and flat; of the face,only the two eyes are marked. A necklace is indicated by two horizontalstrokes. Through the inability of the primitive artist, the breasts areindicated on the shoulders, and the vulva on the left side. I have further to mention, as belonging to this fourth city, the marbleidols Nos. 996, 997, 998. On the first two the owl-head is rudely 996 has a girdle indicated by two horizontal strokes and three 997 has on the neck four horizontal strokes, probably indicating thenecklaces. On the idol No. 998, the eyes and beak of the owl are rudelypainted with a black colour, probably with black clay. No. 999 is a fragment of the side of a vase with an incised linearornamentation, on which we see the projection with a tubular hole for No. 1001. No. No. 1000.
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