. 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. the gold discs Nos. 903and 904, of which three were found, and which now occurred here forthe first time. But similar gold discs were abundant in the royalsepulchres of Mycenae ; where, in the third tomb alone, T collected 701 ofthem.* No. 903 represents a pretty star flower within a small border, andwe see a similar one in No. 904 within a treble border, all in repousse- work. It is diffi
. 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. the gold discs Nos. 903and 904, of which three were found, and which now occurred here forthe first time. But similar gold discs were abundant in the royalsepulchres of Mycenae ; where, in the third tomb alone, T collected 701 ofthem.* No. 903 represents a pretty star flower within a small border, andwe see a similar one in No. 904 within a treble border, all in repousse- work. It is difficult toexplain how the Trojansproduced such Giuliano thinkswith Mr. Landerer thatthe gold plate was laidon a block of lead andthe ornamentation ham-mered or pressed intoit. In the treasure wasalso the gold breast or-nament No. 905, whichis 18 in. long. Theupper part, in the formof a basket, is 1*8 and 1^ in. broad;it consists of twenty-five gold wires, whichwere beaten flat, sol-dered together, bentover, and joined bymeans of a small goldplate, 012 in. broad,and of two gold pins;to the upper borderwere soldered two goldhooks, 2^ in. long. Oneside of the gold basketornamented with. No. 904.
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