Mycenæ: a narrative of researches and discoveries at Mycenæ and TirynsSchliemann, Heinrich
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Mycenæ: a narrative of researches and discoveries at Mycenæ and Tiryns
Schliemann, Heinrich
Mycenae (Extinct city); Tiryns (Extinct city)
Of these the most interesting (No. 143) consists of hard calcareous
stone, and is 15 in. long, 11 in. broad, and 6½ in. thick. It represents
a boy, apparently naked, who had no doubt been made standing on a
chariot, for he holds in his left hand the reins, indicated by a broad
band: his right hand is also stretched out, but not holding anything: his
head-dress is indicated by two curved lines on the head: the two vertical
lines to the left were part of the border of the _stêlé_. A second
fragment is 22 in. long, 17 in. broad, and 6 in. thick, and consists of
a soft calcareous stone, in consequence of which the sculpture is much
defaced and quite indistinct.
[Illustration: No. 145. Piece of a Tombstone. (3¾ M.) Size 1:5, about.]
[Sidenote: FRAGMENTS OF STÊLÆ.]
The third fragment (No. 144), 2 ft. 6 in. long, 2 ft. broad, and 6 in.
thick, is evidently the upper right-hand part of a _stêlé_. This also
consists of a soft calcareous stone, and the sculpture is consequently
much defaced. It is divided by broad fillets into three compartments, of
which the upper one as well as that to the right contain spirals, whilst
we see the fore-part of two horses in that to the left below.
[Illustration: Nos. 146, 147, 148. Three pieces of Tombstones. (3·4 M.)
Size 1:6, about.]
Another fragment (No. 145) is apparently the left upper part of a
_stêlé_: it is 1 ft. 8 in. broad, 2 ft. 2 in. high, and 4 in. thick, and
likewise consists of a soft calcareous stone. It has to the left a border
of two fillets, at the top the slight remnant of one fillet, and is
divided by a horizontal fillet into two compartments, of which the upper
one has beautiful spirals, forming the same pattern as on No. 140, whilst
of the lower compartment only a small part remains, the sculpture of
which is effaced.
I also show three fragments of tombstones, all of a harder calcareous
stone, and therefore better preserved. The upper one (No. 146), which
is 1 ft. high, 10¾ in. broad, and 4¾ in. thick, has a border of two
broad and three narrower bands, above which only the foot of a horse is
visible. The two lower fragments (Nos. 147, 148) show spirals; the former
is 10¾ in. long and broad, and 4¾ in. thick; the latter is 10¾ in. long,
10 in. broad, and 4¾ in. thick. Of two more fragments of _stêlæ_ of a
soft calcareous stone (Nos. 149, 150), the first represents to the left
spirals, to the right a horse; the second, which has only spirals, is 1
ft. 6 in. high, 16 in. broad, and 4 in. thick.
[Illustration: Nos. 149, 150. Fragments of Tombstones. (3·4 M.) Size
1:12, about.]
[Sidenote: COLUMNS OF PORPHYRY.]
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