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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

Name: Mycenæ: a narrative of researches and discoveries at Mycenæ and Tiryns
Author: Schliemann, Heinrich

Schliemann, Heinrich

Mycenae (Extinct city); Tiryns (Extinct city)

_Vases_, of terra-cotta: one with female breasts, 259;
      of crystal, 78;
      of silver, 158, 160, 210, 308, 316;
      of gold, 206; of alabaster, 245;
      of Egyptian porcelain, 292.
      (_Comp._ TERRA-COTTAS.)

    _Vessels_:
      household, at Tiryns, 15;
      of gold, 207;
      of copper, 274-276;
      of terra-cotta. (_See_ TERRA-COTTAS.)


    W.

    _Wages_ of workmen at the excavations, 87.

    _Walls_, Cyclopean, 3, 4, 5, 29 f.;
      of Tiryns, 2, 9;
      of Mycenæ, 4, 29, 30, 31, 40, 87, 88;
      of Treasuries lined with bronze plates, 44, 45;
      inner, of the Royal Sepulchres, bearing marks of fire, 155, 213, 294;
      none in the 5th Sepulchre, 291.

    _Warriors_, armed, on a painted vase, 132-134.

    _Water-conduits_, Cyclopean, at Tiryns, 9;
      Cyclopean, at Mycenæ, 80, 141.

    _Wealth_ of Mycenæ, 57.

    _Weapons_ of bronze, 278-280, 291, 307.

    _Weight_, of jasper, 100.

    _Wells_ of Mycenæ, 41.

    _Wheels_ of chariots on sculptures, with four spokes, 84;
      small bronze wheels, 111 (_Cut_, p. 74);
      of gold, 203.

    _Whetstones_, 286, 332.

    _Whorls_:
      of stone, at Tiryns, 18;
      of stone and terra-cotta at Mycenæ, 77;
      whorl-shaped object of gold plate, 268.

    _Wire_, gold, 142, 354;
      used for fastening on lids of boxes and vases, 206, 207.

    _Wood_:
      objects of, 1st Sepulchre, 332;
      quantity of, in a copper box, 207, 208;
      piece of cypress, 332;
      half-burnt pieces in 4th Sepulchre, _ibid._;
      various objects of wood, _ibid._
      (_Comp._ BOXES, BUTTONS, SWORD-HANDLES, SWORD-SHEATHS.)

    _Writing_ unknown at Mycenæ, so far as the excavations shew, 336.


THE END.

[Illustration: Plate A.

    Fig. a.   _2½ M._
    Fig. b.   _3 M._
    Fig. c.   _2½ M._
    Fig. d.   _3½ M._

TERRA-COTTA COWS AND IDOLS FOUND AT TIRYNS.

Size 3:4.]

[Illustration: Plate B.

    Fig. e.   _3 M._
    Fig. f.   _2 M._
    Fig. g.   _3 M._
    Fig. h.   _4 M._

TERRA-COTTA IDOLS FROM MYCENÆ.

Actual Size.]

[Illustration: Plate C.

    Fig. i.   _3 M._
    Fig. k.   _4 M._
    Fig. l.   _7 M._
    Fig. m.   _5 M._

TERRA-COTTA IDOLS. COW, &c. FROM MYCENÆ.

Actual Size.]

[Illustration: Plate D.

    Fig. n.   _4 M._
    Fig. o.   _6 M._
    Fig. p.   _4 M._

FRAGMENTS OF TERRA-COTTA COW-HEADED IDOLS, FROM MYCENÆ.

Actual Size.]

[Illustration: PLATE VIII.

    No. 30. (6 M.)
    No. 31. (3 M.)
    No. 32. (3 M.)
    No. 33. (3 M.)
    No. 34. (6 M.)

Nos. 30-34. FRAGMENTS OF PAINTED VASES FROM MYCENÆ.

_Some actual size, and some reduced._]

[Illustration: PLATE IX.

    No. 35. (4 M.)
    No. 36. (3½ M.)
    No. 37. (4 M.)
    No. 38. (6 M.)
    No. 39. (6 M.)

Nos. 35-39. FRAGMENTS OF PAINTED VASES FROM MYCENÆ.

_Some actual size, and some reduced._]

[Illustration: PLATE X.

    No. 40. (5 M.)
    No. 41. (3 M.)
    No. 42. (5 M.)
    No. 43. (5 M.)
    No. 44. (4½ M.)
    No. 45. (5 M.)
    No. 46. (4 M.)
    No. 47. (2 M.)

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Mycenæ: a narrative of researches and discoveries at Mycenæ and TirynsSchliemann, Heinrich

History

Mycenæ: a narrative of researches and discoveries at Mycenæ and Tiryns

Schliemann, Heinrich

Mycenae (Extinct city); Tiryns (Extinct city)

_Vases_, of terra-cotta: one with female breasts, 259;
      of crystal, 78;
      of silver, 158, 160, 210, 308, 316;
      of gold, 206; of alabaster, 245;
      of Egyptian porcelain, 292.
      (_Comp._ TERRA-COTTAS.)

    _Vessels_:
      household, at Tiryns, 15;
      of gold, 207;
      of copper, 274-276;
      of terra-cotta. (_See_ TERRA-COTTAS.)


    W.

    _Wages_ of workmen at the excavations, 87.

    _Walls_, Cyclopean, 3, 4, 5, 29 f.;
      of Tiryns, 2, 9;
      of Mycenæ, 4, 29, 30, 31, 40, 87, 88;
      of Treasuries lined with bronze plates, 44, 45;
      inner, of the Royal Sepulchres, bearing marks of fire, 155, 213, 294;
      none in the 5th Sepulchre, 291.

    _Warriors_, armed, on a painted vase, 132-134.

    _Water-conduits_, Cyclopean, at Tiryns, 9;
      Cyclopean, at Mycenæ, 80, 141.

    _Wealth_ of Mycenæ, 57.

    _Weapons_ of bronze, 278-280, 291, 307.

    _Weight_, of jasper, 100.

    _Wells_ of Mycenæ, 41.

    _Wheels_ of chariots on sculptures, with four spokes, 84;
      small bronze wheels, 111 (_Cut_, p. 74);
      of gold, 203.

    _Whetstones_, 286, 332.

    _Whorls_:
      of stone, at Tiryns, 18;
      of stone and terra-cotta at Mycenæ, 77;
      whorl-shaped object of gold plate, 268.

    _Wire_, gold, 142, 354;
      used for fastening on lids of boxes and vases, 206, 207.

    _Wood_:
      objects of, 1st Sepulchre, 332;
      quantity of, in a copper box, 207, 208;
      piece of cypress, 332;
      half-burnt pieces in 4th Sepulchre, _ibid._;
      various objects of wood, _ibid._
      (_Comp._ BOXES, BUTTONS, SWORD-HANDLES, SWORD-SHEATHS.)

    _Writing_ unknown at Mycenæ, so far as the excavations shew, 336.


THE END.

[Illustration: Plate A.

    Fig. a.   _2½ M._
    Fig. b.   _3 M._
    Fig. c.   _2½ M._
    Fig. d.   _3½ M._

TERRA-COTTA COWS AND IDOLS FOUND AT TIRYNS.

Size 3:4.]

[Illustration: Plate B.

    Fig. e.   _3 M._
    Fig. f.   _2 M._
    Fig. g.   _3 M._
    Fig. h.   _4 M._

TERRA-COTTA IDOLS FROM MYCENÆ.

Actual Size.]

[Illustration: Plate C.

    Fig. i.   _3 M._
    Fig. k.   _4 M._
    Fig. l.   _7 M._
    Fig. m.   _5 M._

TERRA-COTTA IDOLS. COW, &c. FROM MYCENÆ.

Actual Size.]

[Illustration: Plate D.

    Fig. n.   _4 M._
    Fig. o.   _6 M._
    Fig. p.   _4 M._

FRAGMENTS OF TERRA-COTTA COW-HEADED IDOLS, FROM MYCENÆ.

Actual Size.]

[Illustration: PLATE VIII.

    No. 30. (6 M.)
    No. 31. (3 M.)
    No. 32. (3 M.)
    No. 33. (3 M.)
    No. 34. (6 M.)

Nos. 30-34. FRAGMENTS OF PAINTED VASES FROM MYCENÆ.

_Some actual size, and some reduced._]

[Illustration: PLATE IX.

    No. 35. (4 M.)
    No. 36. (3½ M.)
    No. 37. (4 M.)
    No. 38. (6 M.)
    No. 39. (6 M.)

Nos. 35-39. FRAGMENTS OF PAINTED VASES FROM MYCENÆ.

_Some actual size, and some reduced._]

[Illustration: PLATE X.

    No. 40. (5 M.)
    No. 41. (3 M.)
    No. 42. (5 M.)
    No. 43. (5 M.)
    No. 44. (4½ M.)
    No. 45. (5 M.)
    No. 46. (4 M.)
    No. 47. (2 M.)

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