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Stone, Amber, Horn, Wood and Shell. 213
C. Miscellaneous.
xlvi. 1. Ring, with grooved sides, like the ivory rings (xxxv. 2, etc.). D. (top)
•031, (bottom) "025. Turned on a lathe,
xliii. 11. Fragments of a small phial ; upper part only ; the mouth D. about '015.
xlvi. 35. Scaraboid bead, bored horizontally, H. 'oil, L. "050, B. '040. Not
engraved.
11. Other Stones.
A. Cornelian.
xlvi. 2. Seal-stone, scaraboid, not engraved. H. '009, L. -oi4, B. "015.
xlvi. 37. Ditto, circular. Engraved with figure of a horseman of archaic style.
xlvi. 4. Beads.—4 small and flat specs, rudely cut to circular form and pierced
vertically : 1 large circular spec. : 1 lentoid : and some fragments.
xlvi. 30. B. Onyx.—Seal-stone, scaraboid, unengraved. H. "012, L. "019, B. '018.
xlvi. 31. Seal-stone, unengraved. H. "ooS, D. -oi2.
xlvi. 27. C. Jasper. — Seal-stone, scaraboid, unengraved, highly polished, in very fine
yellowish-red jasper. H. 'oil, L. '017, B. -oi6.
xlvi. 28. D. Garnet (?)—Plain orange-shaped pin-head. D. "021.
E. Miscellaneous.— 1 small bead in lapis-lazuli; 1 in white quartzite (xlvi. 21);
10 in a dark grey limestone ; 1 tiny bead in the shape of a pick or axe head (?)
in the same material. (Basis.)
Two fragments of pink coral (cp. Her., ii., p. 354). Parts of 3 alabaster
aryballi of the ordinary elongated Egyptian type. Parts of 2 or 3 small
whetstones; and (xliii. 13) a perforated stone, grooved on one side like a
pulley block. (Cp. Ilios Schlicm., p. 436, figs. 606, 607, for stones of identical
form, there called " Spit-supports.")
A M B E R.
OBJECTS in Amber proved fairly abundant, the perishable nature of the
material being considered. Besides those which we succeeded in extracting
in a reasonable state of preservation, there were many broken into minute
fragments, and much amber dust. The amber is of two kinds: (1) clear
tawny of hard texture, which resists disintegrating influences ; (2) more opaque
and dusky red, of friable texture, glowing deep crimson when held up to the
C. Miscellaneous.
xlvi. 1. Ring, with grooved sides, like the ivory rings (xxxv. 2, etc.). D. (top)
•031, (bottom) "025. Turned on a lathe,
xliii. 11. Fragments of a small phial ; upper part only ; the mouth D. about '015.
xlvi. 35. Scaraboid bead, bored horizontally, H. 'oil, L. "050, B. '040. Not
engraved.
11. Other Stones.
A. Cornelian.
xlvi. 2. Seal-stone, scaraboid, not engraved. H. '009, L. -oi4, B. "015.
xlvi. 37. Ditto, circular. Engraved with figure of a horseman of archaic style.
xlvi. 4. Beads.—4 small and flat specs, rudely cut to circular form and pierced
vertically : 1 large circular spec. : 1 lentoid : and some fragments.
xlvi. 30. B. Onyx.—Seal-stone, scaraboid, unengraved. H. "012, L. "019, B. '018.
xlvi. 31. Seal-stone, unengraved. H. "ooS, D. -oi2.
xlvi. 27. C. Jasper. — Seal-stone, scaraboid, unengraved, highly polished, in very fine
yellowish-red jasper. H. 'oil, L. '017, B. -oi6.
xlvi. 28. D. Garnet (?)—Plain orange-shaped pin-head. D. "021.
E. Miscellaneous.— 1 small bead in lapis-lazuli; 1 in white quartzite (xlvi. 21);
10 in a dark grey limestone ; 1 tiny bead in the shape of a pick or axe head (?)
in the same material. (Basis.)
Two fragments of pink coral (cp. Her., ii., p. 354). Parts of 3 alabaster
aryballi of the ordinary elongated Egyptian type. Parts of 2 or 3 small
whetstones; and (xliii. 13) a perforated stone, grooved on one side like a
pulley block. (Cp. Ilios Schlicm., p. 436, figs. 606, 607, for stones of identical
form, there called " Spit-supports.")
A M B E R.
OBJECTS in Amber proved fairly abundant, the perishable nature of the
material being considered. Besides those which we succeeded in extracting
in a reasonable state of preservation, there were many broken into minute
fragments, and much amber dust. The amber is of two kinds: (1) clear
tawny of hard texture, which resists disintegrating influences ; (2) more opaque
and dusky red, of friable texture, glowing deep crimson when held up to the