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1873.] TERRA-COTTAS FOUND IN THE PALACE. 311
seen a mouth below the beak of the Trojan tutelary goddess;
and a vase, with a large hollow foot, very long tubes at the
sides for hanging it up, and two .__...--.....
prominent decorations in the form __j0BSIL_L
of spectacles. Jm aj^
Among the smaller terra-cottas ;'r™ • 'v-l^
have particularly to mention a ^H.-,'.;.' -^^r
vessel i\ inches long, in a human ^^ ^r
form, with the owl's head of the No. 224. Fine decorated Va5e of Terra-
Ti* *.i 7 ni Cotta, with two Handles and two
luan Athena and unusually large great upright wmgs. From the
.. . , Palace (7i M.).
eyes: two lines on the temples
appear to indicate the helmet, three horizontal lines on
the neck her armour.* The body is covered with an
arched shield i\ inch long, upon which there are ten
rows of dots, which are probably intended to represent
the heads of the small nails with which the layers {invyzi)
were fastened together; the shield of Ajax, for instance,
consisted of seven layers of hides and an outer case
of copper.f The Trojan goddess carries on both sides
a large wing, in the form of a bottle, which is decorated
with horizontal lines. The long hair at the back of
the goddess's head is very distinct; it is gathered into
a plait, and falls down almost as far as her ankles, and
is wrought with great care, reminding one extremely of
the very similar plaits of the Caryatides in the Erechtheum
°f the Acropolis of Athens. Not only is the idol hollow,
but so also are the wings; the latter must positively have
some symbolical significance.
In the palace of Priam I further met with four marble
and three bone idols, with the owl's head of the tutelar
goddess of Troy: one of the bone idols is painted with a
This most curious vase is engraved in the Introduction, No. 31,
P- 37-
T See the'passage quoted below to illustrate the shield found among
the Measure (Chapter XXIII., p. 324)-
seen a mouth below the beak of the Trojan tutelary goddess;
and a vase, with a large hollow foot, very long tubes at the
sides for hanging it up, and two .__...--.....
prominent decorations in the form __j0BSIL_L
of spectacles. Jm aj^
Among the smaller terra-cottas ;'r™ • 'v-l^
have particularly to mention a ^H.-,'.;.' -^^r
vessel i\ inches long, in a human ^^ ^r
form, with the owl's head of the No. 224. Fine decorated Va5e of Terra-
Ti* *.i 7 ni Cotta, with two Handles and two
luan Athena and unusually large great upright wmgs. From the
.. . , Palace (7i M.).
eyes: two lines on the temples
appear to indicate the helmet, three horizontal lines on
the neck her armour.* The body is covered with an
arched shield i\ inch long, upon which there are ten
rows of dots, which are probably intended to represent
the heads of the small nails with which the layers {invyzi)
were fastened together; the shield of Ajax, for instance,
consisted of seven layers of hides and an outer case
of copper.f The Trojan goddess carries on both sides
a large wing, in the form of a bottle, which is decorated
with horizontal lines. The long hair at the back of
the goddess's head is very distinct; it is gathered into
a plait, and falls down almost as far as her ankles, and
is wrought with great care, reminding one extremely of
the very similar plaits of the Caryatides in the Erechtheum
°f the Acropolis of Athens. Not only is the idol hollow,
but so also are the wings; the latter must positively have
some symbolical significance.
In the palace of Priam I further met with four marble
and three bone idols, with the owl's head of the tutelar
goddess of Troy: one of the bone idols is painted with a
This most curious vase is engraved in the Introduction, No. 31,
P- 37-
T See the'passage quoted below to illustrate the shield found among
the Measure (Chapter XXIII., p. 324)-