Pre-historic times: as illustrated by ancient remains and the manners and customs of modern savages (1900)
Lubbock, John, Sir, 1834-1913 · London, Edinburgh [etc.] : Williams and Norgate · leaf 96
ttersare met with on those of iron. Fig. 69 represents this iuter-e^sting specimen, which is a winged celt, and is in theMuseum Kircherianum of the Collegio Eomano, at Eome.No explanation of the inscription has yet been given, nor dowe even know to what alphabet the letters belong. It wasfound in… … Inscribed Celt. scribed in this chapter, as well as the beauty of their formand ornamentation, shows a considerable development of art.The discovery of a bar of tin at Esta-vayer, and of a mould for casting celtsat Morges, has proved that some at leastof these objects were made in Switzer-land,…
Archaeology · Primitive societies
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