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Read Ebook: Mycenæ: a narrative of researches and discoveries at Mycenæ and Tiryns by Schliemann Heinrich Gladstone W E William Ewart Author Of Introduction Etc
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No. 81. Human Head on the Mouth of a Jug 69
No. 82. Human Head on a Potsherd 69
No. 83. Goblet of Terra-cotta 70
Nos. 84-89. Fragments of Painted Pottery 71
No. 111. Terra-cotta Idol 72
Nos. 112, 113. Terra-cotta Figures 73
Nos. 114-119. Terra-cotta Figures of Animals 74
No. 120. Objects in Bronze, Lead, and Iron 74
Nos. 121-125. Bronze Knives 75
No. 126. Arrow-heads, Hatchets, and other objects of stone 76
No. 127. Fragment of a Lyre of Bone 78
Nos. 128, 129. Lower and Upper Ends of a Flute 78
Nos. 130-136. Combs and Needles of Terra-cotta 79
Nos. 137-139. Terra-cotta Ornaments 79
No. 140. Second Tombstone, found above the Sepulchres in the Acropolis 81
VIGNETTE.--No. 141. Third Tombstone, found above the Sepulchres in the Acropolis 86
No. 142. Fourth Tombstone, found above the Sepulchres in the Acropolis 91
No. 143. Piece of a Tombstone 92
No. 144. " 93
No. 145. " 94
Nos. 146-148. Three Pieces of Tombstones 95
Nos. 149-150. Fragments of Tombstones 96
No. 151. Piece of a quadrangular Column of Red Porphyry 97
Nos. 152-154. Fragments of Friezes 98
No. 155. Jasper Weight, with a hole for suspension 100
No. 156. Fragment of a perforated Terra-cotta Vase 101
No. 157. Piece of a Painted Vase, from the "dromos" of the Treasury near the Lions' Gate 103
No. 158. Fragment of the same Pottery from the "dromos" 103
No. 159. Idol of Terra-cotta, with a Cow's Head, on the handle of a Vase 104
No. 160. Idol of Terra-cotta with a Cow's Head 105
No. 161. Cow-headed Idols of Hera 106
No. 162. Two faces of a Granite Mould for casting various ornaments 107
No. 163. Four faces of a six-sided Mould of Basalt 109
Nos. 164-166. Ornaments of Glazed Clay 109
Nos. 167-169. " " 110
Nos. 170-172. " " 111
No. 173. Double-edged Hatchet of Bronze 111
Nos. 174-181. Lentoid Gems 112
Nos. 182-189. Lentoid Gems, Cylinder, and Beads 113
No. 190. A Disk of Terra-cotta, with the appearance of an Inscription 115
VIGNETTE.--No. 191. The Village of Charvati, with the ancient Quarry of Mycenae 118
The composition per cent. of the metal, exclusive of the crust, as calculated from the above analysis, is given underneath; but it certainly cannot be inferred that the original metal had the exact composition shown in that analysis, because some of the ingredients may not have been carried away during corrosion in the same relative proportions in which they were present in the original alloy.
COMPOSITION PER CENT.
A portion of the crust when heated in a glass tube gave off water, and the glass was stained yellow.
A portion of the crust treated with dilute hydrochloric acid effervesced, the acid became pale blue, and was found to contain copper and lime.
The crust was examined under the microscope, but no trace of crystalline structure could be detected. A qualitative examination was made of a portion of the inner crust, from which it appeared that its composition was similar to that of the outer crust.
The weight of the specimen, inclusive of the incrustation, was 585 grains; it was about 1 1/2 inch in length, and varied from about 5-8ths to 7-8ths of an inch in thickness. A sketch of a section of the specimen is annexed.
The whole of the specimen was coated with an irregular layer or layers of matter, varying in chemical and physical characters and in thickness. In the centre, where the crust was removed, the solid metal varied from about 4-8ths to 5-8ths of an inch in thickness.
One side was chiefly incrusted with irregular patches of dull earthy non-crystalline matter, of varying shades of green and brown, which were found to consist of green carbonate and oxychloride of copper in different proportions; a few minute pale green needle-like crystals were noticed on the other surface; there were also observed irregular thin layers or patches of green and blue crystals of varying tints and lustre. One end of the specimen was covered with a dark green crust with a velvety lustre, which was found to consist of minute transparent crystals of oxychloride of copper; the opposite end, which was flat, and had the appearance of having been cut or rubbed, was chiefly coated with deep red non-crystalline red oxide of copper; and a depression on the surface was lined with the dark green velvety crust; on the edges, where the outer part of the crust had been broken off, was a dull white opaque layer of peroxide of tin, and on either side of it were layers of dark red compact red oxide of copper, having cavities here and there filled with ruby-red brilliant transparent crystals of the same substance. When the outer incrustation had been subsequently removed, these substances were found to extend more or less over the surface underneath.
The specimen was cut across in the centre when portions of the incrustation were detached; by this means the structure of the specimen, and the nature of the substances forming the incrustation, could be well observed. The substances were generally found to occur in the following order, from within outwards.
When the incrustation had been removed by sawing the specimen across the middle, and filing, the metal was found to be very sound and free from cavities. The fracture was yellowish copper red, and finely granular.
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