Two Inscribed Whorls (5 M. and 7 M.).Two Inscribed Whorls (5 M. and 7 M.).
Terra-cotta Tablets from the Greek Stratum (2 M.).Terra-cotta Tablets from the Greek Stratum (2 M.).
The excavation to the left is on the site of the Greek Temple of Apollo, where the splendid metopé of the Sun-God was found. Then follows the great platform and the great trench cut through the whole hill. Still further to the right is the cutting of April, 1870, in continuing which, in June, 1873, the Treasure was discovered.
With the ancient bed of theScamander, theTombs of AchillesandPatroclus,Cape Sigeum, the villages ofYeni-ShehrandKum-Kaleh, theHellespontandÆgean Sea, the peninsula ofGallipoliand the islands ofImbrusandSamothrace. TheTumulus of Æsyetesis in the central foreground, in front of the wretched little village ofKum-koï.
The foreground shows the excavations in the eastern part of Troy, the foundations of theTemple, and theAltar of Athena; beyond is the village ofChiplak; in the distance the chain of Mount Ida, capped with snow, except in July and August.
Upon the mound, which stands about one-third of a mile from the Hellespont, are seen the remains of a little temple, which was restored by Hadrian. Beneath the ruins is seen a vaulted passage, built of bricks, nearly 4 feet in height and width.
B.—Mound called the Tomb of Achilles.
Formerly on the sea-shore, from which it is now divided by a low strip of sand.
In front is seen the great Reservoir of the Temple, then the sacrificial Altar. On the right, a stone block of the foundations of the Temple is seen projecting out of the wall of earth. in the background, underneath where the man stands, is the position of the doubleScæan Gate, of which, however, nothing is here visible. in the left-hand corner is one of the colossal jars, not visible in the next Plate.
B.—THE MAGAZINE, WITH ITS COLOSSAL JARS, in the depths of the Temple of Athena.
Of thenineJars,sixare visible; aseventh(to the right, out of view) is broken. The two largest are beyond the wall of the Magazine, and one of these is seen in the preceding Plate.
Behind the Scæan Gate is seen the GreatTower of Ilium, and to the left of it the ruins of thePalace of Priam, beneath a mass of later, but still pre-Hellenic, buildings. in the foreground, to the right, is a wall of rubbish, which remains standing; and at the foot of this, where the Greek stands, is the great enclosing Wall of Troy, running in a north-westerly direction from the Scæan Gate. The walls to the left belong to the royal palace, and over this part there are no buildings of the post-Trojan time.
Here we see again the road leading down to the Plain, paved with great slabs of stone. in front of the Gateand Road is seen part of the GreatTower of Ilium, and to the right hand, next to and behind the Gate, the ruins of thePalace of Priam, partly overladen with later but still pre-Hellenic walls, and partly standing free. Behind, the Scæan Gate appears again, going in a direction W.N.W., then the great City Wall, and upon it, at or about the spot markeda, theTreasurewas found. in the background, where the man stands, is seen a wall built of massive hewn stones, belonging to a Tower of the Greek age. Behind this Tower-wall appear the Plain of Troy, the Hellespont, the island of Imbros, and above this the mountains of Samothrace. At the right extremity of the picture, also, a part of the Plain of Troy is seen through the great cutting, over the ruins of the royal House.