[185] [Plate XXVI]., No. 362. M. Burnouf calls these “the 6 bi-monthly sacrifices.”
[186] [Plate XXXIII]., No. 402.
[187] [Plate XXXIV]., No. 403.
[188] [Plate XXII]., No. 320.
[189] See the Sections on [Plate XXI].
[190] In the ball here depicted there is no mistaking the significance of the line of 卐, the symbols of fire, as denoting the torrid zone. The three dots are, according to M. Burnouf, the symbol of royal majesty therein residing. The two rows of dots parallel to the torrid zone may possibly represent the inhabited regions of the temperate zones, according to the oriental theory followed by Plato.—[Ed.]
[191] See the qualification of this statement on p. 40.
[192] In the Atlas, Dr. Schliemann describes this and another such as Trojan lamps, but adds that they may be only vase covers.
[193] The one meant seems to be that engraved on p. 115 (No. 74).
[194] See Cut, No. 149, p. 199.