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 . Nos. 617-619. Well-polished Sling Bullets of brown Haematite. (3:4 actual size. Depth, 30 ft.) found in the stratum of the third or burnt city: as they are veryheavy, these also may have served as sling-bullets. Bullets of brownhaematite of an identical shape, and equally well polished, are frequentlyfound in Greece. No. 620 represents a well-polished battle-axe of green gabbro-rock,with two ed
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 . Nos. 617-619. Well-polished Sling Bullets of brown Haematite. (3:4 actual size. Depth, 30 ft.) found in the stratum of the third or burnt city: as they are veryheavy, these also may have served as sling-bullets. Bullets of brownhaematite of an identical shape, and equally well polished, are frequentlyfound in Greece. No. 620 represents a well-polished battle-axe of green gabbro-rock,with two edges and a perforation in the middle for the handle. Stone. No. 620. Perforated Axe of green Gabbro-rock. (2:3 actual size. Depth, 30 ft.) battle-axes of a perfectly identical form are found in Pro-fessor Virchow tells me that they also occur in Germany. Axes ofthis form are very frequent at Troy, but nearly all the specimens arefractured. No. 621 is another battle-axe of grey diorite, of a ruder fabric andbut little polished. It has only one sharp edge; the opposite end runs
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