The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-09-24
The Treasures of Trey.

The Treasures of Trey.
The Ausburg Gazette publishes a
letter of Dr. Henry Scbliermann, who
FOR the last three wears has been oc-
cupied with excavating on the sigh. OF
Hum 1t is dated Troy. July 18th,
and contains information Of verv
I great Importance TO srchaologists on
the latest results Of his labors. We
extract the following from Schiller
mann's interesting letter:
"At the beginning Of this month.
as was digging depth Of 81 me-
tres or feet 10 inehes), | found the
great circular wall of TROY, which
proceeds in direction northwest bv
west from the Seean Gate, and con-
sequently in the immediate neighbof-
hood of Priam's palace | struck q
large copper object OF singular form.
which claimed nv attention the more
as believed | noticed gold behind
/ it. On it rested solid layer of red
ash and calcined fragments IL to IL
metres thick On this was built a
wall Las metres thick and eight me-
tres high, which consisted of large
rocks and clay, and must date back to
( the period Immediately following,he
destruction Of Troy. To save the
treasure from the cupidity of nv work
men and preserve it for the benefit of
science, the utmost haste was neces-
sary, and although it was not vet
time for breakfast, | ordered them at
once to cease work Whilst nv
workmcn were taking their meal and
resting | cut out the treasure with
large knife.
The object which | had first seen
was large, fat copper dish of the
form of large tray IL is forty-nins
tentimetres high. In all probability
it is a shield The second object
which / brought to light was a cop
per ketter with two horizontal han
dies The third object was a long
plate Of copper having a rim two mil
imetres in height A silver vase u
centimetres high is soldered on it
fourth object was q copper vase
Next ] found perfectly round bottle
of
1.-THE PURDsT GOLD
Around it runs partially finished
zig-zsg decoration A heavy goblet
also Of the purest, and another gold
drinking vessel Of the form Of q ship
with two large handles, which weigh
ed exactly 600 grammes 01 pounds
avoirdupois). On the one side there
is an opening for drinking, ! contime-
tres in breadth; the opening on the
other side measures but .centine-
tres The treasure likewise contains
a small goblet of gold ALLEGED with
% per cent of silver, whose foot
measures only two centremetres in
height and q centremetres in breadth.
| also discovered six pieces of an al
low of gold and silver hammered in
TO the form of large blades, one end
o. which was round, the other cut
out in the shape Of a crescent. In all !
likelihood these are the Homeric tai
ents, which must have been small, |
since, for instance, Achilles Qi. xiii,
2ss) proposes as the frst prize in the
funeral contest . female slave, "a the !
second prize horse, as the third a
kettle, and as the fourth two talents
of gold.
Il also found there three large sill
yer vases: all are spericsl below, and
must have rested against something.
| also found there silver goblet.
silver bowl and two beautifully work
ed silver vases. The larger vase has
two little tubes on each side and was
hung up by string passed through
the tubes. Partly on top of, partly
next to the articles above mentioned
/ found thirteen copper lance heads.
At their lower end may be seen q
hole, in which in most cases the nail
or pin by means Of which the lance
head had been fastened to the wood
en- shaft was inserted. The Trojan
spears, therefore, differed essentially
from the Roman and Greek, for the
stuck the shaft into the spear
head, the Greeks and Romans the
spear head into the shaft. / also
found fourteen of the copper weap-
ons so frequently occurring here, and
never met with elsewhere, which, L
while almost pointed at the one end.
develope at the other into a broad
blade.
Il formerly considered them to be
o peculiar kind of spear, but ain now
convinced that they can have been
but battle-axes. Moreover,
| discovered seven large double-edged
copper daggers. Only one ordinary,
single-edged knife was found among
these treasures. / also found the
Of sword, as well as four eornered
copper bar, with sharp edge, which
must certainly have served as a weap-
on. As | found all the above men,
toned objects together, or packed the
one into the other on the city wall,
which, according to Homer, was
built by Neptune and Apollo, it seems
certain that they lay in q wooden box,
which is mentioned in the Iliad as ex-
sting in
PRIAM's PALACE"
This appears the more undOubted
As l found next to the articles cop
per kew ten and half eentremetres
in length, the KEY bit being five cent?
metres square, That the treasure
was packed away at the risk of life
and amidst fear and trembling is
shown by the contents Of the largest