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COPPER AND STONE TOGETHER.
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then, however, the stone implements, such as hammers and
axes, are of much better workmanship; there still occur a
quantity of silex knives in the form of saws, but they are
much better made than those of the upper strata, and at a
depth below 23 feet double-edged knife-blades of obsidian,
which are so sharp that they might serve as razors. In
No. 48.
No. 49.
No. 50.
Stone Instruments from the Trojan stratum {8 M.).
^os- 47» 48, 49, of Green Stone, probably Lance-Heads ; No. 50, of Diorite, use unknown.
these depths, moreover, as I have already said, we again
meet with weapons and quantities of nails, knives, and im-
plements of copper.
But what above all other circumstances seems to prove
that I never reached the stone period, and that, after
Egging further down into the strata of rude races between
'3 and 23 feet, Ivhave again come upon the remains of a
more civilized nation, are two inscriptions, one of which,
round at a depth of yi meters (about 25 feet), seems to be
Phoenician, but consists of only about five letters, which
have been scratched bv a pointed instrument, into that side
a small terra-cotta disc which had been painted white,
e disc being only about 2^ inches in diameter. The
etters, in any case, must have stood out very distinctly
n the white colour, but the greater portion of it has dis-
' Ppeared, and thus two of the five written characters cannot
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COPPER AND STONE TOGETHER.
83
then, however, the stone implements, such as hammers and
axes, are of much better workmanship; there still occur a
quantity of silex knives in the form of saws, but they are
much better made than those of the upper strata, and at a
depth below 23 feet double-edged knife-blades of obsidian,
which are so sharp that they might serve as razors. In
No. 48.
No. 49.
No. 50.
Stone Instruments from the Trojan stratum {8 M.).
^os- 47» 48, 49, of Green Stone, probably Lance-Heads ; No. 50, of Diorite, use unknown.
these depths, moreover, as I have already said, we again
meet with weapons and quantities of nails, knives, and im-
plements of copper.
But what above all other circumstances seems to prove
that I never reached the stone period, and that, after
Egging further down into the strata of rude races between
'3 and 23 feet, Ivhave again come upon the remains of a
more civilized nation, are two inscriptions, one of which,
round at a depth of yi meters (about 25 feet), seems to be
Phoenician, but consists of only about five letters, which
have been scratched bv a pointed instrument, into that side
a small terra-cotta disc which had been painted white,
e disc being only about 2^ inches in diameter. The
etters, in any case, must have stood out very distinctly
n the white colour, but the greater portion of it has dis-
' Ppeared, and thus two of the five written characters cannot
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