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R. C. BOSANQTJET
onwafds. It will be sufficient for my purpose if I summarise the entries
relating to obsidian and a few others which illustrate them.
1870. May 5. 110, Peloponnesus, obsidian core.
Nov. 18. 818-822, Scopelox including one core, (X).
Dee. 20. 259-266, Tanagra including 265, 5 cores and 12 small chips, and 266, a
number of fragmentSj ' brought by D, wlio travels about the country and
colleets coins ; he said that he found them in the bed of the Asopus.'
1871. Feb. 28. 2S9-294, Kalamos, A/t/ica, including 3 pieces of obsidian (X).
])ec. 26. S71-S88, Mesolonghi, of which 0 obsidian, ' all fine pieces.'
1872. Feli. 2. 409-414, Mesolonghi (no obsidian) sent by sohoolmaater tö X.
,, 415-400, Salaijora (110 obsidian) sent to X by sehoolmaster at Arta.
,, 451-473, Salagora, 20 cores, 31 flakes and small pieces.
Mar. 20. 484-489, Gorinth, 6 cores and a number of flakes.
,, 4^0-493, Ml. PentdicuS (X) including 2 pieces of obsidian.
June 10. 511-541 ' purchased from X, wlio assured me they were sent to him from Eretria,
where they were reeently found in an excavation.' [No obsidian here ; I
quote Finlay's remark because it implies a shade of doubt.]
.Tune 12. 543-558, Kalavryta ' collected in part by the shepherds, whonöw find them in
the mountains, since their attention was directed to the subject.' [No obs.
The rcfercnce to the efi'ect produced by the pamphlet is noteworthy.]
July 20. 563-596, Eli«, including 1 core.
Oct. 8. 597-007, Kimolox, all obsidian. [Large Spalls like those at the quarries].
1108, 009, Melos, 2 balls of obsidian.
,, 010-613, Sin/011 and Environs, 38 pieces including many cores.
,, 614-616, Chiiiomodi (Tenea), 8 cores.
,, 017, Stymphalux, 38 flakes.
Nov. 8. 639, 16 knivesand saws, 24smaller and 10 tine flakes, 9 cores. From X, ' who
xaid they were found in Attica, bul afierwards the Oretan boy who xold them
to him told mc they came from Melox.'
Dec. 16. 64O-O4.!, Melos, 1 large core, 5 fine cores, etc.
,, 644-640- Attica, obsidian (X).
1873. Sept. 2. 654, 655_, Phalerum, 2 cores ; Braonui-*, 12 knives, saws, etc. (X).
,, 30. 699-700, Patrax, 4 cores, 23 knives, saws, etc. (X).
Oct. i. 705-711, Marathon, cores and knives.
1874. Mar. 25. 720, cores and knives given by X.
April 1. Near Sl. Theodore, Athens, core and 7 flakes, given by X.
June 18. 723, Melhaua, 9 corgs, 14 flakes.
June 20. 724- Cerigo, 7 cores, 2 fragments.
The almost simultaneous discovery of obsidian implements—most of them
exceptionally fine specimens—at Mesolonghi, Salagora, Corinth, Melos,
Sicyon, Chiliomodi, Stymphalus and other places, must in itself have excited
the suspicion of a purchaser less experienced than Finlay ; if he continued to
buy after November 8, 1872, it was probably because the specimens were too-
good for a collector to refuse. There can be little doubt that much of the
obsidian bought by him in 1872 came from the surreptitious excavation in
Melos which I have already mentioned.1
As to the motive of the excavation: given such a clue as Finlay's pamphlet,
1 The earlier purchases mostly consist of
small weather-worn pieces which look like
genuine surface-finds. The large unweathercd
cores and flakes, characteristic of Phylakopi,
form a small proportion of the Mesolonghi
and Salagora lots, but otherwise do not
appear before Oct. 8, 1872. After that date
they predominate.
R. C. BOSANQTJET
onwafds. It will be sufficient for my purpose if I summarise the entries
relating to obsidian and a few others which illustrate them.
1870. May 5. 110, Peloponnesus, obsidian core.
Nov. 18. 818-822, Scopelox including one core, (X).
Dee. 20. 259-266, Tanagra including 265, 5 cores and 12 small chips, and 266, a
number of fragmentSj ' brought by D, wlio travels about the country and
colleets coins ; he said that he found them in the bed of the Asopus.'
1871. Feb. 28. 2S9-294, Kalamos, A/t/ica, including 3 pieces of obsidian (X).
])ec. 26. S71-S88, Mesolonghi, of which 0 obsidian, ' all fine pieces.'
1872. Feli. 2. 409-414, Mesolonghi (no obsidian) sent by sohoolmaater tö X.
,, 415-400, Salaijora (110 obsidian) sent to X by sehoolmaster at Arta.
,, 451-473, Salagora, 20 cores, 31 flakes and small pieces.
Mar. 20. 484-489, Gorinth, 6 cores and a number of flakes.
,, 4^0-493, Ml. PentdicuS (X) including 2 pieces of obsidian.
June 10. 511-541 ' purchased from X, wlio assured me they were sent to him from Eretria,
where they were reeently found in an excavation.' [No obsidian here ; I
quote Finlay's remark because it implies a shade of doubt.]
.Tune 12. 543-558, Kalavryta ' collected in part by the shepherds, whonöw find them in
the mountains, since their attention was directed to the subject.' [No obs.
The rcfercnce to the efi'ect produced by the pamphlet is noteworthy.]
July 20. 563-596, Eli«, including 1 core.
Oct. 8. 597-007, Kimolox, all obsidian. [Large Spalls like those at the quarries].
1108, 009, Melos, 2 balls of obsidian.
,, 010-613, Sin/011 and Environs, 38 pieces including many cores.
,, 614-616, Chiiiomodi (Tenea), 8 cores.
,, 017, Stymphalux, 38 flakes.
Nov. 8. 639, 16 knivesand saws, 24smaller and 10 tine flakes, 9 cores. From X, ' who
xaid they were found in Attica, bul afierwards the Oretan boy who xold them
to him told mc they came from Melox.'
Dec. 16. 64O-O4.!, Melos, 1 large core, 5 fine cores, etc.
,, 644-640- Attica, obsidian (X).
1873. Sept. 2. 654, 655_, Phalerum, 2 cores ; Braonui-*, 12 knives, saws, etc. (X).
,, 30. 699-700, Patrax, 4 cores, 23 knives, saws, etc. (X).
Oct. i. 705-711, Marathon, cores and knives.
1874. Mar. 25. 720, cores and knives given by X.
April 1. Near Sl. Theodore, Athens, core and 7 flakes, given by X.
June 18. 723, Melhaua, 9 corgs, 14 flakes.
June 20. 724- Cerigo, 7 cores, 2 fragments.
The almost simultaneous discovery of obsidian implements—most of them
exceptionally fine specimens—at Mesolonghi, Salagora, Corinth, Melos,
Sicyon, Chiliomodi, Stymphalus and other places, must in itself have excited
the suspicion of a purchaser less experienced than Finlay ; if he continued to
buy after November 8, 1872, it was probably because the specimens were too-
good for a collector to refuse. There can be little doubt that much of the
obsidian bought by him in 1872 came from the surreptitious excavation in
Melos which I have already mentioned.1
As to the motive of the excavation: given such a clue as Finlay's pamphlet,
1 The earlier purchases mostly consist of
small weather-worn pieces which look like
genuine surface-finds. The large unweathercd
cores and flakes, characteristic of Phylakopi,
form a small proportion of the Mesolonghi
and Salagora lots, but otherwise do not
appear before Oct. 8, 1872. After that date
they predominate.