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 . No. 315. Large pear-shaped Jug. (About 1:4 actualsize. Depth, 32 ft.) hemispherical piece is cut out on the side over the handle. Jugs andpitchers with a similar mouth are frequent in the third and fourth citiesat Hissarlik, but they have never yet been found elsewhere. The lustrous-grey, nearly globular, tripod-vase No. 346 is wheel-made, while its one-handled cover is hand-made: the vase has
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 . No. 315. Large pear-shaped Jug. (About 1:4 actualsize. Depth, 32 ft.) hemispherical piece is cut out on the side over the handle. Jugs andpitchers with a similar mouth are frequent in the third and fourth citiesat Hissarlik, but they have never yet been found elsewhere. The lustrous-grey, nearly globular, tripod-vase No. 346 is wheel-made, while its one-handled cover is hand-made: the vase has no handle; its ornamentationconsists of three parallel incised lines, which surround it. went through the land of Zahi (the maritimeplain of Palestine), he says, Their wine wasfound stored in cellars, as well as in skins. (Brugsch, Hist of Egypt, vol. ii. p. 376, Engl,trans. 2nd ed.)2 See p. 279. Chap. VIL] PITCHER FOR DRAWING WATER. 381 The long pitcher, No. 347, is one of the rudest vessels I ever found atHissarlik, and yet it is most certainly wheel-made. Mr. A. S. Murray,. Depth, 26 ft.) No. 349. Splendid Terra-cotta Vase, from the Royal House. (1: 4 actual size. Depth, 28 ft.) of the British Museum, calls my attention to the perfect similarity ofthis vessel to the ancient Egyptian buckets, which were let down by arope into the wells to draw water. Thissort of vessel is frequent here; most pro-bably they were used in Troy, as in ancientEgypt, for drawing water from the things seem to corroborate this sup-position : first, the very heavy weight oftheir lower part, which must have been in-tended to keep them upright; and, secondly,the grooves or furrows on the inner side ofthe handles, which can apparently havebeen made only by the rope by which theywere let down into the well. No. 348 represents a grey vase, withtwo handles and two upright projections. To this vase belongs a coversuch as we see on Nos. 346, 349, and 350. No. 349 represents one ofthe most interesting
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