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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the grandest buildings, and, in fact, the best part of the
city. I have also made an exceedingly copious collection of
all the articles of the domestic life and the religion of the
Trojans; and therefore it is not to be expected that science
would gain anything more by further excavations. If,
however, my excavations should at any time be continued,
I urgently entreat those who do so to throw the debris

No. 285. Splendid Terra-cotta Vase from the Palace of Priam.

This is the largest vase of the type frequent in the ruins, with two small handles and two great
upright wings. The cover was found near it.

of their diggings from the declivity of the hill, and not to
fill up the colossal cuttings which I have made with such
infinite trouble and at such great expense, for they are of
great value to archaeology, inasmuch as in these cuttings
all the strata of debris, from the primary soil up to the
surface of the hill, can be examined with little trouble.