. 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. 878-900. Three Rings for fastening and ornamenting or locks of hair, four richly ornamentedEar-rings, and Beads for pendants and necklaces—all of gold. (3:4 actual size. Depth, 26 to 33 ft.) into grooves, between 6 borders of double horizontal wires : thus therewere in all, on both sides of each ear-ring, 270 beads. Very simplelinear patterns are incised on both sides of t
. 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. 878-900. Three Rings for fastening and ornamenting or locks of hair, four richly ornamentedEar-rings, and Beads for pendants and necklaces—all of gold. (3:4 actual size. Depth, 26 to 33 ft.) into grooves, between 6 borders of double horizontal wires : thus therewere in all, on both sides of each ear-ring, 270 beads. Very simplelinear patterns are incised on both sides of the plate in the middle,as well as on the plate soldered below : in this latter there are 5 holesfor suspending ornaments. M. Alessandro Castellani thinks that theprimitive goldsmiths imitated the types of the Diademiae, the pseudo-Diademiae, and the family of Echinae, covered as these aquatic creaturesare with a variety of lines and raised points. It is natural that artisticdecoration should derive its elements from surrounding nature. Mr. Giuliano estimates the fineness of these two pairs of ear-rings tobe 23 carats. But the gold beads are of different degrees of fineness;Mr. Giuliano considers so
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