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 . Crucible of Clay, with four feet. It has particles of copper and gold still slicking to it.(Nearly half actual size. Depth, 23 ft.) No. 470. Crucible oi Clay. (Neai ly half actual , 26 it.) No. 470 is also a slightly-baked saucer-like crucible, but it has no feet. Nos. 471, 472, and 473 are small boat-like cups of but slightly-bakedclay, which, in the opinion of Dr. Percy and Professo
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 . Crucible of Clay, with four feet. It has particles of copper and gold still slicking to it.(Nearly half actual size. Depth, 23 ft.) No. 470. Crucible oi Clay. (Neai ly half actual , 26 it.) No. 470 is also a slightly-baked saucer-like crucible, but it has no feet. Nos. 471, 472, and 473 are small boat-like cups of but slightly-bakedclay, which, in the opinion of Dr. Percy and Professor Eoberts, have alsobeen used in metallurgy, and particularly for refining gold or silver. For No. Nos. 471-473. Small boat-like Basins of sun-dried Clay.(Nearly half actual size. Depth, 22 to 26 ft.) this purpose four times the quantity of lead is now added to the preciousmetal, and it is left in the fire until the lead evaporates. There can 410 THE THIRD, THE BURNT CITY. [Chap. VII. hardly be a doubt that the refining process has been much the same atall times in antiquity. I call the readers particular attention to theshape of the vessel No. 471. As it runs out to a point to the right, doesit not appear to be the facsimile of an ancient ship, the oars beingindicated on each side by four incised vertical strokes ? A vessel some-what resembling this was found at the station of Locras in the Lake Very curious are the little terra-cotta spoons Nos. 474 and 475,which, as they are also but very slightly baked, may likewise have beenused by the Trojan metallurgists. Similar spoons are very rare at
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