. 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. No. 232. Terra-cotta Vase, with owls head, in which were found agreat many gold ornaments. (1: 3 actual size. Depth, 30 ft.) The vase No. 233 is decorated on either side with a curved ornamentin the form of the Cypriote character for Tio, or of a character which isfound in the alphabets of Caria and Pamphylia, as well as m Hittiteinscriptions: it has two handles. The head was found separat
. 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. No. 232. Terra-cotta Vase, with owls head, in which were found agreat many gold ornaments. (1: 3 actual size. Depth, 30 ft.) The vase No. 233 is decorated on either side with a curved ornamentin the form of the Cypriote character for Tio, or of a character which isfound in the alphabets of Caria and Pamphylia, as well as m Hittiteinscriptions: it has two handles. The head was found separate, and doesnot belong to this particular vase. I only put it here in order to save No. 233. Terra-cotta Vase. (1: 5 actual size. Depth,26 ft.) The ornament on the body of the vase re-sembles a character found in the alphabets of Caria andPamphylia, and in the Hittite inscriptions, as well asone form of the character go or ko in the Cypriotesyllabary. Vase with owls face, (1:4 actual , about 26 ft.) Chap. VIL] OWL VASES AND COVERS. 343 No. 234 represents another hand-made vase, like No. 227, but it hasbeen so much exposed to the intense heat of the conflagration, that it isdifficult to recognize its original colour.
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