130 H. Rivett-Carnac— 0/i Clay Discs called " Spindle Whorls^ [No. 3, 



Lastly we have type D, Clay Balls, Plate XIV, sketches Nos. 14, 15, 16, 

 resembling somewhat those figured by Dr. Schliemami. Several of them 

 are roughly ornameuted, and the designs, such as they are, will be seen 

 from the sketches. 



I hardly know how it happened that these specimens were carried 

 away by me. Certainly no importance was attached to them at the time ; 

 and they would have escaped my notice altogether, had I not seen, when 

 comparing the clay discs, the sketches of somewhat similar balls figured 

 in the last pages of Dr. Schliemann's book. 



Lastly, I have also figured two specimens Nos. 17 and 18 which seem 

 to approach type C. And an enamelled glass bead No. 19. 



This head is similar to that figured in Thomas' Prinse]), PI. IV, No. 13. 

 These beads are found in large quantities together with crystal, onyx 

 cornelian and others at Sankisa and similar ruins. It seems desirable to 

 figure the sjjecimen with this paj^er in order to ascertain whether similar 

 ones are found in Europe or elsewhere. The village urchins during the 

 rains make a practice of collecting these beads, and they are usually given 

 to fakirs or devotees. Seeing such a necklace worn by an oldi folcir led me 

 to enquire whence the beads came. And I had little difficulty in procuring 

 a variety sufficient for about nine necklaces. 



I have now to direct attention to the resemblance between the speci- 

 mens above described and figured, and those discovered by Dr. Schlie- 

 mann at Hissarlik and noticed at great length and figured in large numbers 

 in his well known work upon Troy. 



As regards type A, clay discs more or less ornamented, without the 

 central hole, I cannot be quite certain that this type was found by Dr. 

 Schliemann. I do not see that any distinct mention is made of unpierced 

 discs, and it is not quite clear from the sketches in Dr. Schliemann's work, 

 whether, what is referred to as the Central Sun on the Discs figured in 

 plates 22 and 23, is a hole drilled through the centre or is a depression or 

 ornamentation representing the sun. Still, even if this particular type was 

 not found at Hissarlik, it is found in Italy, and, as will be shewn further on, 

 the resemblance between the remains found at Hissarlik and those of Italy 

 is referred to by Dr. Schliemann. 



Dr. Schliemann writing of his discoveries at page 187 of his work 

 above quoted, thus refers to the discs : 



" During the last few days we have also found, in the strata nest above 

 the primary soil, at a depth of from 46 to 36 feet, a number of round brilliant 

 black terra cottas of exquisite workmanship ; most of them much flatter than 

 those occurring in the higher strata and resembling a wheel ; many are in the 

 shape of large flat buttons. But we also meet with some in the form of tops 

 and volcanoes which differ from those found in the higher strata only by the 



