Schliemann, Heinrich, 1822-1890 · New York : Scribner, Armstrong · leaf 297
eaten in from the outside and projecting far on theinside; and the question naturally arises why they arethere. I cannot explain their presence in any other waythan by supposing that there has been on this side athick wooden plate, which was fastened by the twenty nails,and which has been burned in… … No. 323. A Box of Copper Plate, rilled with wood. Sepulchre III. Size 3 : 10, about. even a little softer, than the pillows of alabaster or marblefound in the Egyptian tombs, of which several are in theBritish Museum. I at first supposed that the wood in theboxes might be sandal-wood, which might…
