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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CHAPTER XX.

Discovery of a large house upon the Tower — Marks of a great con-
flagration — Primitive Altar : its very remarkable position — Ruins of
the Temple of Athena — A small cellar — Skeletons of warriors with
copper helmets and a lance — Structure of the helmet-crests —
Terra-cottas — A crucible with copper still in it — Other objects —
Extreme fineness of the engravings on the whorls — Pottery — Stone
implements — Copper pins and other objects.

Pergamus of Troy, April 5th, 1873.

Amidst cold but glorious spring weather most favourable
for the workmen, who now number 150 on the average, I
have this week continued the excavations with the greatest
energy and with good results.

The most interesting object that I have discovered
here in these three years is certainly a house which I brought
to light this week, and of which eight rooms have already
been laid open; it stands upon the Great Tower, at a depth
of 7 and 8 meters (23 to 26 feet), directly below the Greek
Temple of Athena. Its walls consist of small stones cemented
with earth, and they appear to belong to different epochs;
for, while some of them rest directly upon the stones of the
Tower, others were not built till the Tower was covered
with 8 inches, and in several cases even with 3! feet, 01
dibris. These walls also show differences in thickness;
one of them is \\ feet, others are only 25 \ inches, and
others again not more than i9§ inches thick. Several 01
these walls are 10 feet high, and on some of them may
be seen large remnants of the coatings of clay, painted
yellow or white. Only in one large room, the dimensions
of which, however, cannot be exactly ascertained, have