Terra-cotta vase found with the treasure of Priam.
Figure 95.
Vase found beneath the ruins of Troy.
The pottery discovered is of an infinite variety, and includes jars from 4¾ feet to 7¾ feet high ([Fig. 91]), of Which Schliemann found more than six hundred, nearly all of them empty. Their size need not surprise us, for Ciampini[49] speaks of a pottery dolium of such vast size and height that a ladder of ten or twelve rungs was needed to reach the opening.[50] With these jars were found some large goblets, some long-necked vessels ([Fig. 92]), some amphoræ, and vases with three feet ([Fig. 93]). Some of the vases had lids the shape of a bell ([Fig. 94]), others were provided with flaps or horns by which to lift them ([Fig. 95]). The potter gave free vent to his imagination, but the decorations representing fish-bones, palm branches, zigzags, circles, and dots, are all of very inferior execution.
Figure 96.
Earthenware pig found at a depth of 13 feet.
Figure 97.
