Salaminia (Cyprus) : the history, treasures, & antiquities of Salamis in the island of Cyprus (1882)
Cesnola, Alexander Palma di, 1837-, Birch, Samuel, 1813-1885 · London : Trübner and Co. · leaf 140
le of the pre-cious metal go far. There was found also the engravedhead of a hau-pin, of the kind rej)resented more thanonce in the collection, which is a nearly perfect relic.^ During the course of my excavations, I had givenparticular directions that objects of terra-cotta shouldbe Vjrought to me… … IVORY OBJECTS. 71 forms and dates, I took great interest. One day, a man,who made it his business to discover stones for building,and who, therefore, might be called a quarryman amongthe ancient ruins he helped to destroy for the convenienceof the living, came to me with the terra-cotta figure of…
