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TROY AND ITS REMAINS.
[Chap. XVI.
Pergamus, where at one time there doubtless stood a small
temple. Of this sanctuary, however, I find nothing but
red wood-ashes, mixed with the fragments of brilliant black
Trojan earthenware, and an enormous number of unhewn
stones, which seem to have been exposed to a fearful heat,
but no trace of sculpture : the building must therefore have
been very small. I have broken through the buttress of
this temple-hill at a breadth of 13 feet, in order to examine
the ground at its foundation. I dug it away to a depth of
5 feet, and found that it consists of the virgin soil, which is
of a greenish colour. Upon the site of the small and very
ancient temple, which is indicated by the buttress, I find in
two places pure granular sand, which appears to extend very
far down, for after excavating it to a depth of 6J feet I did
not reach the end of the stratum. Whether this hill con-
sists entirely, or but partially, of earth and sand, I cannot
say, and must leave it undecided, for I should have to re-
move thousands more of cubic yards of rubbish. Among
the dibris of the temple we found a
few, but exceedingly interesting ob-
jects, for instance, the largest marble
idol that has hitherto been found,
which is 5^ inches long and 3
inches broad. Further, the lid of a
pot, which is divided into twelve
fields by roughly engraved lines.
Ten of the fields are ornamented
with little stars, one with two signs
of lightning, and another with six
lines. There was also a small idol
of terra-cotta with the owl's head of
x idofs!'founndeinftheTr^lnSSum the Ilian tutelary goddess, with two
arms and long hair hanging down
at the back of the head ; but it is so roughly made that, for
instance, the eyes of the goddess are above the eyebrows. 1
also found among the debris of the temple a vase with the
TROY AND ITS REMAINS.
[Chap. XVI.
Pergamus, where at one time there doubtless stood a small
temple. Of this sanctuary, however, I find nothing but
red wood-ashes, mixed with the fragments of brilliant black
Trojan earthenware, and an enormous number of unhewn
stones, which seem to have been exposed to a fearful heat,
but no trace of sculpture : the building must therefore have
been very small. I have broken through the buttress of
this temple-hill at a breadth of 13 feet, in order to examine
the ground at its foundation. I dug it away to a depth of
5 feet, and found that it consists of the virgin soil, which is
of a greenish colour. Upon the site of the small and very
ancient temple, which is indicated by the buttress, I find in
two places pure granular sand, which appears to extend very
far down, for after excavating it to a depth of 6J feet I did
not reach the end of the stratum. Whether this hill con-
sists entirely, or but partially, of earth and sand, I cannot
say, and must leave it undecided, for I should have to re-
move thousands more of cubic yards of rubbish. Among
the dibris of the temple we found a
few, but exceedingly interesting ob-
jects, for instance, the largest marble
idol that has hitherto been found,
which is 5^ inches long and 3
inches broad. Further, the lid of a
pot, which is divided into twelve
fields by roughly engraved lines.
Ten of the fields are ornamented
with little stars, one with two signs
of lightning, and another with six
lines. There was also a small idol
of terra-cotta with the owl's head of
x idofs!'founndeinftheTr^lnSSum the Ilian tutelary goddess, with two
arms and long hair hanging down
at the back of the head ; but it is so roughly made that, for
instance, the eyes of the goddess are above the eyebrows. 1
also found among the debris of the temple a vase with the