Schliemann, Heinrich: Troy and its remains: a narrative of researches and discoveries made on the site of Illium, and in the Trojan Plain (London, 1875)

INTRODUCTION.

inestimable value to science, and will for centuries remain
the object of careful investigation.

Unfortunately upon none of the articles of the Treasure
do I find an inscription, or any other religious symbols, ex-
cept the ioo idols of the Homeric " dea yXavK-fwis 'Adijvr),"
which glitter upon the two diadems and the four ear-rings.
These are, however, an irrefragable proof that the Treasure
belongs to the city and to the age of which Homer sings.

Yet a written language was not wanting at that time.
For instance, I found at a depth of 16 feet, in the royal
palace, the vase with an inscription, of which a drawing
is here given; and I wish to call especial attention to

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No. 3. [a). Inscribed Terra-cotta Vase from the Palace (8 M.).
{b). The Inscription thereon.

the fact, that of the characters occurring in it, the letter
like the Greek P occurs also in the inscription on a seal,
found at the depth of 23 feet ; the second and third
letter to the left of this upon a whorl of terra-cotta,*

Engraved among the lithographic plates at the end of the volume,
"1- LI., No. 496. Since the publication of Dr. Schliemann's work, many