Mycenae : a narrative of researches and discoveries at Mycenae and Tiryns (1878)
Schliemann, Heinrich, 1822-1890 · New York, Scribner, Armstrong · leaf 111
1111 rs I 80 FT No. 21. Gate of the Lions. In the north-western corner of the circuit-wall is thegreat Lions Gate, of beautiful hard breccia.* The open-ing, which widens from the top downwards, is 10 ft. 8 in. See Plan B., Plate III., and Nos. 21, 22 (p. 34) … i 1876.] GATE OF THE LIONS. 33 high, and its width is 9 ft. 6 in. at the top, and 10 ft.3 in. below. In the Hntel (15 feet long and 8 feet broad)are round holes, 6 inches deep, for the hinges, and in thetwo uprights, which it roofs over, are four quadrangularholes for the bolts. Over the lintel of…
