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 . of No. 227can represent anything else ? I call particular attention to the fact, thatthese upright projections are never in any case perforated; further that,at variance with all other Trojan vases, these owl-headed vases have neverin any case the system of tubes for suspension. No. 228 is the upper part of a hand-made, lustrous-red owl-headedvase, which appears to have been almost of an identi
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 . of No. 227can represent anything else ? I call particular attention to the fact, thatthese upright projections are never in any case perforated; further that,at variance with all other Trojan vases, these owl-headed vases have neverin any case the system of tubes for suspension. No. 228 is the upper part of a hand-made, lustrous-red owl-headedvase, which appears to have been almost of an identical shape withNo. 987 (p. 521). The mouth of these vases is in the form of a cup withtwo projections on the sides. No. 229 represents another hand-made lustrous dark-brown owl-headedvase with a cover; it has two handles; the vulva is here representedbetween the breasts in the middle of the body. 1 M. Burnouf writes to me : I have always ter of the umbilical cord is very important inbeen of opinion, and I still believe, that this the ancient theory as a life-transmitting channel,circle in relief indicates the navel* the charac- See Veda, i. 164, 34- and 35. THE THIRD, THE BURNT CITY. [Chap.
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