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)

1872.] TERRA-COTTAS OF THE THIRD PEOPLE. 167

intend to make the trench through the hill 98 feet broad
above, it has not been necessary to pull down the building
entirely.

In these strata (at a depth of from 2,3 to 13 feet) not
only are all the stone implements much rougher, but all

No. 127. No. 128.

A small Terra-cotta Vase, with two Handles Terra-cotta Vase of a frequent form

and three feet (6 M.) (6 M.).

the terra-cottas also are of a coarser quality. Still it cannot
be denied that with all their simplicity they possess a certain
elegance, and I must especially mention the very pretty
black or red vases in the form of hour-glasses with two
large handles, the red ones being nearly 4 inches high, the
black ones 5^ inches high; the small jars in the form of
cups with large handles, the larger jars with one or two
handles; but above all the frequently occurring covers
with the owl's face of the tutelary goddess of Troy, which
are, it is true, almost like those from a depth of from
30 to 23 feet in size, but considerably inferior in quality.

The terra-cotta balls found in these strata are especially
remarkable, owing to their most varied symbols. I will
describe two of these, found at a depth of 5 meters (i6£
feet). The surface of the one is divided by lines into
eight equal parts; * in one of these is a sun with ten rays,
°f which only four are straight, all of the others seem
to represent religious symbols. One ray has the form of
the Phoenician letter "Nun," and must denote lightning;

See Plate LI., No. 493. M. Burnoufs drawings, from which our
engraving is taken, seem to differ from Dr. Schliemann's description
"i a few of the minuter details.—[Ed.]