. Ilios : the city and country of the Trojans : the results of researches and discoveries on the site of Troy and throughout the Troad in the years 1871-72-73-78-79, including an autobiography of the author. Nos. 1255, 1256. Objects of Ivory, with incised stars, probably ornaments of ahorses harness. (Actual size. Depth, 20 ft. and 13 ft.) objects of ivory, ornamented on both sides with similar circles; the latterhas three perforations. These three objects may have served as orna-ments on horse-trappings. No. 1257 is of bone and has three perforations. Mr. John Evans holdsit to be a guard or b

. Ilios : the city and country of the Trojans : the results of researches and discoveries on the site of Troy and throughout the Troad in the years 1871-72-73-78-79, including an autobiography of the author. Nos. 1255, 1256. Objects of Ivory, with incised stars, probably ornaments of ahorses harness. (Actual size. Depth, 20 ft. and 13 ft.) objects of ivory, ornamented on both sides with similar circles; the latterhas three perforations. These three objects may have served as orna-ments on horse-trappings. No. 1257 is of bone and has three perforations. Mr. John Evans holdsit to be a guard or b Stock Photo
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. Ilios : the city and country of the Trojans : the results of researches and discoveries on the site of Troy and throughout the Troad in the years 1871-72-73-78-79, including an autobiography of the author. Nos. 1255, 1256. Objects of Ivory, with incised stars, probably ornaments of ahorses harness. (Actual size. Depth, 20 ft. and 13 ft.) objects of ivory, ornamented on both sides with similar circles; the latterhas three perforations. These three objects may have served as orna-ments on horse-trappings. No. 1257 is of bone and has three perforations. Mr. John Evans holdsit to be a guard or bracer used by archers, to prevent the wrist frombeing hurt by the bow-string; he adds that the Esquimaux use to thepresent day similar guards or bracers of bone. The guards or bracersfound in England are of stone, and have three perforations at each end. Nos. 1258-1260 are ribs of animals sharpened to a point, and probably No. 1258. No. 1259. No. 1260. No. 1257. Object of Bone.(7: 8 actual size. Depth, 20 ft.) No. 1261.. No. 1262.

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