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CHAPTER VIII.
BRONZE, LEAD AND IRON.
By D. G. Hogarth.
(Plates XIV.-XX.)
It is noteworthy that the very numerous objects in bronze, catalogued below,
were all found, with the exception of half-a-dozen earrings of the commonest
type, one pin, a knife-blade and some fragments, outside the Basis. This fact
has significance in two directions, (i) It supports the argument that the objects
found in the filling of the Basis did not come there by accident ; for had that
filling been the result of builders scraping up the bottom soil of an earlier shrine,
it might naturally have been expected to contain a larger proportion of objects in
the common metal bronze than in precious metals. As it is, this filling seems
to have contained selected objects only. (2) The bronze objects cannot, as a
whole, be referred to the earliest period with as much certainty as those in
precious metals. Many individual objects, as will be stated, were found in
situations which left no doubt as to their being of a date prior to the Croesus
temple ; but certain others came from the disturbed ground in the centre of the
W. part and in the E. part of the Primitive area, whence Croesus foundations had
been removed by Wood and earlier searchers ; and, being objects of no intrinsic
value, these may well have been neglected by those searchers and dropped down
to lower levels than those to which they really belonged. This applies in an
especial degree to the bracelets, no one of which was found in an undisturbed
Primitive stratum ;" and one or two of these, together with some pins, a
bowl, etc., were unearthed outside the Primitive area altogether. Among the
undoubtedly Primitive jewellery, bracelets in gold or electrum did not occur at
all, and there were very few in silver and lead. At the same time, many bronze
types, whose find-spots would not determine their period, are referred to the
Primitive stratum by their identity with gold, electrum, and silver types.
Figurines.
xiv. Goddess; H. "243. Erect, with arms pendent by the sides. The lower
part is columnar, with no indication of feet. Underneath the figure is a shallow
mortised socket, showing that it once stood on a pedestal or other object. The
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CHAPTER VIII.
BRONZE, LEAD AND IRON.
By D. G. Hogarth.
(Plates XIV.-XX.)
It is noteworthy that the very numerous objects in bronze, catalogued below,
were all found, with the exception of half-a-dozen earrings of the commonest
type, one pin, a knife-blade and some fragments, outside the Basis. This fact
has significance in two directions, (i) It supports the argument that the objects
found in the filling of the Basis did not come there by accident ; for had that
filling been the result of builders scraping up the bottom soil of an earlier shrine,
it might naturally have been expected to contain a larger proportion of objects in
the common metal bronze than in precious metals. As it is, this filling seems
to have contained selected objects only. (2) The bronze objects cannot, as a
whole, be referred to the earliest period with as much certainty as those in
precious metals. Many individual objects, as will be stated, were found in
situations which left no doubt as to their being of a date prior to the Croesus
temple ; but certain others came from the disturbed ground in the centre of the
W. part and in the E. part of the Primitive area, whence Croesus foundations had
been removed by Wood and earlier searchers ; and, being objects of no intrinsic
value, these may well have been neglected by those searchers and dropped down
to lower levels than those to which they really belonged. This applies in an
especial degree to the bracelets, no one of which was found in an undisturbed
Primitive stratum ;" and one or two of these, together with some pins, a
bowl, etc., were unearthed outside the Primitive area altogether. Among the
undoubtedly Primitive jewellery, bracelets in gold or electrum did not occur at
all, and there were very few in silver and lead. At the same time, many bronze
types, whose find-spots would not determine their period, are referred to the
Primitive stratum by their identity with gold, electrum, and silver types.
Figurines.
xiv. Goddess; H. "243. Erect, with arms pendent by the sides. The lower
part is columnar, with no indication of feet. Underneath the figure is a shallow
mortised socket, showing that it once stood on a pedestal or other object. The
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