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)
[Illustration: No. 475. Large Gold Cup. Sepulchre I. Size 3:7, about.]
In the same tomb I found another very large golden cup, which likewise
has only one large broad handle (No. 476). It is 5⅗ in. in diameter, and
is likewise divided by a horizontal band into two compartments, both
of which are decorated in _repoussé_ work with two parallel horizontal
rows of beautiful spirals. In these occur a large number of that curious
cross, which is so frequently met with in the ruins of Troy, and
which is thought to be the symbol of the holy fire, the Arani of the
Brahmans.[364]
Another large and splendid thick gold goblet found here is represented
under No. 477. It is ornamented in _repoussé_ work with three lions,
which are represented as running with great velocity. This goblet
represents again the type of all the terra-cotta goblets at Mycenæ, with
but one exception. (See Nos. 83, 84, 88.) The handles of all these golden
goblets are fastened to the rim and body of the vessels by gold pins with
large flat heads.
[Illustration: No. 476. Large Gold Cup. Sepulchre I. Half-size, about.]
There were further found two golden goblets, one of which is likewise
of thick gold plate, but it is nevertheless much crumpled; it has a
beautiful massive handle, of a shape which we have repeatedly passed in
review in the fourth tomb. The other gold goblet has an ornamentation
in _repoussé_ work of two double parallel rope-like bands; the upper
compartment representing a horizontal zigzag line, united by vertical
bands of horizontal strokes to the upper double rope-like band. The
ornamentation has a remarkable resemblance to the form of the ogive-like
passages in Mycenæ and Tiryns. In this latter goblet sticks a very thin
and much crumpled smaller golden drinking-cup.
[Illustration: No. 477. A Golden Goblet. Sepulchre I. Size 7:10, about.]
[Sidenote: GOLD AND SILVER GOBLETS.]
There were also found four silver goblets; one of them has a handle,
but no ornamentation; the second is ornamented in _repoussé_ work with
bands of double lines, which terminate at the top in bows. The other
two goblets are very large, but broken and defaced; the one, whose sole
ornamentation is a raised horizontal band, is still filled with ashes
of the funeral pyre. The second of these is ornamented with a number of
furrow-like horizontal bands, and in it sticks a smaller silver cup. To
the bottom of this goblet is still attached one of the pebbles with
which the bottom of the tomb is strewn.
[Illustration: No. 478. The top and lower part of a large Silver Vase,
from the First Sepulchre. Size 4:10, about.]
[Sidenote: A SPLENDID SILVER VASE.]
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