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. 1343. Hammer of No. 1344. Stone Ball for use. Weight, 472 grammes. No. 1346. Object of Stone:Diorite. (Half actual bruising grain. (Half actual (Half actual size. Depth, a Phallus? (Half actualsize. Depth, 6 ft.) size. Depth, 6 ft.) 6 to 8 ft.) size. Depth, 9 ft.) met with, they are found in No. 1345 is an instrument ofsilicious stone, which may have served as a weight for fishing-n
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. 1343. Hammer of No. 1344. Stone Ball for use. Weight, 472 grammes. No. 1346. Object of Stone:Diorite. (Half actual bruising grain. (Half actual (Half actual size. Depth, a Phallus? (Half actualsize. Depth, 6 ft.) size. Depth, 6 ft.) 6 to 8 ft.) size. Depth, 9 ft.) met with, they are found in No. 1345 is an instrument ofsilicious stone, which may have served as a weight for stone instruments are found in No. 1346 is of whitemarble, and from its shape we are led to think that it may be a symbol ofPriapus. I have discussed this subject in the preceding pages. Similarly-shaped stones occur in all the five cities. No. 1347 is a perforated disc or quoit of granite, the only one found inthis fifth city, but similar discs occur in all the four other pre-historic. No. 1317. Stone Disc or Quoit. (Half actual size. No. 1348. Mould of Limestone, in the shape Depth, 9 ft.) of a bottle. (Half actual size. Depth, 6 ft.) cities of Hissarlik. The game of quoit-throwing was in general use in theHomeric age. The player who threw it farthest gained the prize;6 hence 4 F. Mook, Aegyptens Vormetallische Zcit, No. 88. PI. xii. Nos. 4-6. « 77. ii. 774: 5 J. J. A. Worsaae. Nordis\e Oldsager, PI. xviii. BliTKoiaiy ttpirovTO Kal alyavtricnv tivres. ] QUOITS: MOULDS: BRONZE NEEDLES, ETC. 585. the word hlaicovpa, signifying the distance of a quoits throw :— Foralthough at first he remained a quoits throw behind, yet quickly he cameup with Also hlcricov ovpa, to express the same The wordBlcr/cos may be derived from hweZv, SeU-vvfii, the Sanscrit dig, for quoit was always round and smooth, usually of stone, but also ofwood, and once in the Iliad of iron, and was then called <to\o<;,9 connectedwith aaXos, craXevco,
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