Mosso, A. (Angelo), 1846-1910 · London, Unwin · leaf 163
uncated pyramid, with ahole for suspension, and weighs 29 kilogrammes. The figureof an octopus embraces it on all sides with its tentacles. 154 PALACES OF CRETE A AW THEIR BUILDERS Other weights of haematite were found at Knossos of the sametype as the weights used at the same period in Egypt ;… … FIG. 71.—TKRRACOTTA BEEHIVE (UPSIUE DOWN) AXI) LARGEJAR FOUND .AT PHyESTOS. curved like the modern ones, but are bent at an angle and havea longer handle, so that the peasants would bend down less thanours of the present day to cut the hay and corn. Fig. 71 represents a terracotta beehive upside…
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