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)

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TROY AND ITS REMAINS.

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of a similar form, and with exactly the same decorations,
were found upon the Tower. Two other vases of the
same form, and with very similar decorations, were found
at depths of 26 and 20 feet. I also found upon the Tower

an exceedingly curious
vessel nearly 6 inches in
length, exactly the shape
of a mole, and with three
feet; it can also be placed

No. 155. A Trojan Terra-cotta Vase, with an Orna- No. 156. Curious Terra-cotta Vessel in the
ment like the Greek" Lambda (8 M.}. shape of a Mole (Tower : 7 or 8 M.).

so that the snout of the animal is lowest and serves as
a foot; the orifice is in the tail, which a large handle
connects with the back. I also found there a splendid
Trojan vase, of a brilliant black colour, 151 inches high,
which was unfortunately completely broken, but I have
all the pieces of it, and consequently shall be able to
restore it. Besides these, a Trojan pot, and a globular
vessel with the above-mentioned decoration of a rounded
lambda. I likewise saved, in an almost perfect condition,
an exceedingly interesting red jug, above 9 inches high,
quite round below and with a neck more bent backwards
than I have ever found it in such vessels. I further found
there a Priapus and a very pretty bird's egg made of fine
marble, many small terra-cotta whorls with the usual
symbols of double and treble crosses, six suns, four or five
double or treble rising suns, or stars, in the circle round