The excavations of Frobenius's expedition discovered in the heart of this part of Negro-land, aside from the terra cottas already described, metal works which are characterized as being "indeed like the finest Roman examples.
In the possession of some French citizens of Vera Cruz, Waldeck found a collection of seven or eight terra-cottas of very fine workmanship and very curious form, which had been brought from Ococingo.
Illustration: Terra Cottasfrom the Graves of Costa Rica.
In the time of Pliny terra-cottas thus impressed were called Typi.
Several ancient Etruscan terra-cottas and fragments of earthenware have been discovered, on which there are alphabetic characters, evidently impressed from a stamp, which was probably of wood.
The terra-cottas found at Tharras and at Sulci in Sardinia, present the same types and the same hybrid character as those of all Phœnician countries.
The cohesion of the Mesopotamian clay is so imperfect that the Babylonian terra-cottas which have come down to us crumble almost at the first touch, in spite of the process of baking to which they have been subjected.
On rising ground and flanking their settlements they built their Cottas or forts.
Malcampo led a strong expedition, consisting of 9000 men, against the Moros, and took Jolo by assault, after bombarding the Cottas by the ships' guns.
Eight cottas (forts), with their artillery and ammunition, were captured by this expedition, and a great number of Moros were killed.
Save up," he writes about this time to a friend in Manchester, "and be an art patron; you will soon be able to buy some interesting terra cottas by R.
It closely resembles some of the terra-cottas from the mounds of the west and south-west.
In returning to the terra-cottas I must mention a square article, the upper part of which gradually becomes narrower and thinner: on the front side there are two small depressions in the form of eyes, and on one side it is perforated.
Characters similar to those given above frequently occur, more especially upon the perforated terra-cottas in the form of volcanoes and tops.
The same friend has also sent me drawings of eighteen similar round terra-cottas found in the graves of the cemetery in Villanova, and now in the Museum of Count Gozzadini in Bologna.
Curious Terra-cottas from the Trojan Stratum (8 and 7 M.
Upon the whole, we have met with many beautiful terra-cottas from all the strata during the last few days.
Upon some of these terra-cottas the sun is even surrounded by four [symbol: swastika], which again form a cross by their position round it.
The houses and palaces in which the splendid terra-cottas were used were large and spacious, for to them belong all the mighty heaps of stone, hewn and unhewn, which cover them to the height of from 13 to 20 feet.
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