Mycenae : a narrative of researches and discoveries at Mycenae and Tiryns (1878)
Schliemann, Heinrich, 1822-1890 · New York, Scribner, Armstrong · leaf 174
b-stones ; and at adistance of 40 feetdirectly to the southof the former, standtwo more unsculp-tured tombstones, 4feet apart. All the un-sculptured slabs like-wise stand verticallyand face the west. At the foot of the sculptured tombstone No. 143. first described I found a handful ofblack ashes,… … Piece of a Tombstone. (4 m.) Size i : 5, about. i876.] ASHES OF SACRIFICES. 93 which are formed by beautiful spiral lines. I also foundat the feet of most of the tombstones grey ashes of burntanimal matter, which I at first thought was from humanbodies ; but as I found together with them bones…
