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168 TROY AND ITS REMAINS. [Chap. X.
another ray has the form of a serpent; another again the
form of the numeral III.; a fourth is the shape of a sign-
post; and the remaining two in the form of fishing-hooks;
beside the sun is a star. In the next division is a tree with
eight branches, a quadrangle with two stars, and a triangle
with four stars. The third field contains a tree with twelve
branches; a circle with a star; and, beside and above
a stroke, twelve stars, one of which has a dot in the
centre. The twelve little stars may possibly denote the
twelve signs of the zodiac, which, being the twelve stations
of the sun, are personified in the Rigveda by the twelve
Adityas, sons of Aditi, the indivisible and infinite space.
The fourth field contains a tree with only six branches,
a triangle with three compartments, in one of which is a
stroke, and also two squares. The fifth field has again a
sun with six crooked rays and one straight ray. The sixth
field has five divisions : in the first there are five, in the
second four, and in the third seven little stars; the fourth
division contains a sign resembling the numeral II., together
with three stars ; in the fifth division there is a simple cross.
In the seventh field is a tree with ten branches. In the
eighth field there is a figure like a serpent, and a star.
Upon the second terra-cotta ball there is a sun with
thirteen straight rays ; further there are, between two j^j-j,
three groups of three stars each, and four straight lines;
lastly, below the sun three similar lines and three
stars.* We also frequently find in these strata terra-
cotta balls completely covered with stars; likewise an
immense number of the round terra-cottas in the form of
tops and volcanoes, more than half of which are adorned
with the most various symbolical signs. We have also
discovered here many weapons of diorite and hard green
stone, as well as a number of whetstones of black and
* On Plate L., No. 491, this ball is represented from M. Burnoufs
drawings, showing six different faces.
another ray has the form of a serpent; another again the
form of the numeral III.; a fourth is the shape of a sign-
post; and the remaining two in the form of fishing-hooks;
beside the sun is a star. In the next division is a tree with
eight branches, a quadrangle with two stars, and a triangle
with four stars. The third field contains a tree with twelve
branches; a circle with a star; and, beside and above
a stroke, twelve stars, one of which has a dot in the
centre. The twelve little stars may possibly denote the
twelve signs of the zodiac, which, being the twelve stations
of the sun, are personified in the Rigveda by the twelve
Adityas, sons of Aditi, the indivisible and infinite space.
The fourth field contains a tree with only six branches,
a triangle with three compartments, in one of which is a
stroke, and also two squares. The fifth field has again a
sun with six crooked rays and one straight ray. The sixth
field has five divisions : in the first there are five, in the
second four, and in the third seven little stars; the fourth
division contains a sign resembling the numeral II., together
with three stars ; in the fifth division there is a simple cross.
In the seventh field is a tree with ten branches. In the
eighth field there is a figure like a serpent, and a star.
Upon the second terra-cotta ball there is a sun with
thirteen straight rays ; further there are, between two j^j-j,
three groups of three stars each, and four straight lines;
lastly, below the sun three similar lines and three
stars.* We also frequently find in these strata terra-
cotta balls completely covered with stars; likewise an
immense number of the round terra-cottas in the form of
tops and volcanoes, more than half of which are adorned
with the most various symbolical signs. We have also
discovered here many weapons of diorite and hard green
stone, as well as a number of whetstones of black and
* On Plate L., No. 491, this ball is represented from M. Burnoufs
drawings, showing six different faces.