Mycenae : a narrative of researches and discoveries at Mycenae and Tiryns (1878)
Schliemann, Heinrich, 1822-1890 · New York, Scribner, Armstrong · leaf 168
obably the primitive sculptor whochiselled them would have produced something better if hehad had to work on the beautiful hard breccia of whichthe sculpture above the Lions Gate consists. I havetherefore not the slightest objection to admit that thesculptured sepulchral slabs may be of nearly the… … Nu. 141. The Third Tombstone, found above the Sepjlchres in the Acropolis. 1,4 mAbout one-tenth of the actual size. CHAPTER IV.Excavations in the Citadel of Mycen.^—continued. Wages and worth of labour at Mycenae — The double circle of slabs—■Two more sculptured stelce — Unsculptured stelcE — Ashes…