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 . ut on the house-wall itself, and at adepth of 26 ft. below the surface, there was found another and largertreasure of bronze weapons and gold jewels :9 these latter again more or lessembedded in the same sort of white powder. The weapons consisted of twolance-heads, like Nos. 803 and 804, a knife like No. 964 (p. 506), and twosmall weapons like Nos. 816 and 817—all fused together in the conflag
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 . ut on the house-wall itself, and at adepth of 26 ft. below the surface, there was found another and largertreasure of bronze weapons and gold jewels :9 these latter again more or lessembedded in the same sort of white powder. The weapons consisted of twolance-heads, like Nos. 803 and 804, a knife like No. 964 (p. 506), and twosmall weapons like Nos. 816 and 817—all fused together in the conflagra- 3 Contemporary Review, December 1878. 2 The place where this treasure was found is marked S on Plan I. Chap. VII.] ANOTHER LARGER TREASURE. 495 tion ; further, a battle-axe, like those previously described; also a brokencopper vessel, with many gold beads cemented to the oxide on its contained the two heavy gold bracelets Nos. 873 and 874, each of whichweighs nearly as much as 18 sovereigns, and is, according to Mr. Giuliano,of the fineness of 23 carats. They are almost an inch broad, and consist ofa thick gold plate, which on No. 873 is piped with gold wire, on No. 874 No. Nos. 873, 874. Gold Bracelets, found on the wall of the Royal House. (7 :8 actual size. Depth, 26 ft.) with silver wire. The outside of the former is divided by four vertical rowsof three rosettes in each, into four nearly equal fields, which are filled upby two rows of the spiral ornamentation which we see on the Myceneanjewels;10 and, to enhance the beauty of the bracelets, the primitive artisthas taken care to represent the ornament in one row with the head up-wards, and in the other with the head downwards. The one row contains8, the other 9, of such spiral ornaments ; there is, besides, a vertical row offour of them, and thus all round the bracelet there are 72 such ornaments,made of gold wire and soldered on the plate. The ornamentation of theother bracelet, No. 874, is almost id
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