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The Coins. 75
sand itself — 5 -oo). This earth seems to have been rammed in at the time when
the B foundations were laid, and the jar itself must, in that case, have been
deposited at the end of the A period. These coins are marked (b) in my list
and have been identified by Mr. Hogarth from his notes and recollections ; for,
unfortunately, when the boxes containing the coins were opened by the Museum
officials at Constantinople, the distinction between the box containing the 19
'jar-coins ' and the other boxes was ignored, and the various lots were cursorily
examined en bloc. Mr. Hogarth, nevertheless, has fortunately been able to identify
positively all but two ' Twelfths' of the Cock type (which are probably Nos. 30
and 31 in my list) as belonging to the set of 'jar-coins' {b). This accounts for
39 out of the total number of 87 specimens,1 and of the remaining 48, Mr. Hogarth
is able moreover to specify the find-spots of 10, distinguished in my list by the
letters (e), (d), and (e), viz. :—
(c) 4 coins (No. 74, a ' Twelfth' of the Stag type, and 3 'Twelfths' of the
Lion type) found in the filling of the western basis itself, and attributed
to the A period.
(d) 1 coin (No. 52, a 'Sixth' of the Lion series) found in the rammed
earth, on the north of the western basis, similar to the stratum in which
the jar was found.
(e) 5 coins (No. 79, a ' Twenty-fourth ' of the Horse's Head type, and 4 of
the Lion type:—1 'Twelfth,' 2 ' Twenty- fourths,' and 1 'Forty-
eighth ') extracted from underneath the foundations of the southern
wall of the B cella.
All the above 49 coins, marked in the list (a), (b), (c), (</), and (e), the
exact find-spots of which are known, must have been originally deposited
where they were found, during the period of the construction of the First
Temple (A).
Of the total of 87 specimens, the find-spots of the remaining 38 (for the
most part very small coins) cannot be so precisely identified, as these coins
came to light among the results of dredging operations, and in many cases
were not detected till the slime had passed through the sieves.2
It may be accepted, therefore, as quite certain that all the coins recovered
by Mr. Hogarth were found within the small area of what he calls the
Primitive shrines (see Chap. IV.), and at levels below — 4*00, i.e., in the bottom
metre of deposit.
1 Willi addenda, 43 out of 93. See p. 93.
- [Thirteen of these were found under B foundations (sec p. 63), but unfortunately these types were not recorded by
me at the moment, and the coins were mixed with others from other parts of the W. Area before I had repaired my
omission.—D. (!. II.]
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sand itself — 5 -oo). This earth seems to have been rammed in at the time when
the B foundations were laid, and the jar itself must, in that case, have been
deposited at the end of the A period. These coins are marked (b) in my list
and have been identified by Mr. Hogarth from his notes and recollections ; for,
unfortunately, when the boxes containing the coins were opened by the Museum
officials at Constantinople, the distinction between the box containing the 19
'jar-coins ' and the other boxes was ignored, and the various lots were cursorily
examined en bloc. Mr. Hogarth, nevertheless, has fortunately been able to identify
positively all but two ' Twelfths' of the Cock type (which are probably Nos. 30
and 31 in my list) as belonging to the set of 'jar-coins' {b). This accounts for
39 out of the total number of 87 specimens,1 and of the remaining 48, Mr. Hogarth
is able moreover to specify the find-spots of 10, distinguished in my list by the
letters (e), (d), and (e), viz. :—
(c) 4 coins (No. 74, a ' Twelfth' of the Stag type, and 3 'Twelfths' of the
Lion type) found in the filling of the western basis itself, and attributed
to the A period.
(d) 1 coin (No. 52, a 'Sixth' of the Lion series) found in the rammed
earth, on the north of the western basis, similar to the stratum in which
the jar was found.
(e) 5 coins (No. 79, a ' Twenty-fourth ' of the Horse's Head type, and 4 of
the Lion type:—1 'Twelfth,' 2 ' Twenty- fourths,' and 1 'Forty-
eighth ') extracted from underneath the foundations of the southern
wall of the B cella.
All the above 49 coins, marked in the list (a), (b), (c), (</), and (e), the
exact find-spots of which are known, must have been originally deposited
where they were found, during the period of the construction of the First
Temple (A).
Of the total of 87 specimens, the find-spots of the remaining 38 (for the
most part very small coins) cannot be so precisely identified, as these coins
came to light among the results of dredging operations, and in many cases
were not detected till the slime had passed through the sieves.2
It may be accepted, therefore, as quite certain that all the coins recovered
by Mr. Hogarth were found within the small area of what he calls the
Primitive shrines (see Chap. IV.), and at levels below — 4*00, i.e., in the bottom
metre of deposit.
1 Willi addenda, 43 out of 93. See p. 93.
- [Thirteen of these were found under B foundations (sec p. 63), but unfortunately these types were not recorded by
me at the moment, and the coins were mixed with others from other parts of the W. Area before I had repaired my
omission.—D. (!. II.]
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