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Metal. 431 shows that it was mounted on a stem. The shape of the figure is thoroughly conventional ; the crooked beak, however, clearly betrays the bird of prey. Schliemann also ascribes these small objects to the second vill^e ; but I find It hard to believe that they came out of the Fig. 513. — Gold disc. Aclual siie. same workshop as those of the great treasure. Most of these separate finds were discovered in 1878,6.^. before Dorpfeld had become his collaborator. Examination of the style furnishes, as it seems to me, a decisive criterion. Taking as basis the character of the pottery yielded by the third town, we have demonstrated Kli;, 514.— Uold eagle, facing and in jirofilc. that it was contemporary with Mycenae. Are not we authorized, until proof is shown to the contrary, to ascribe to the third establishment pieces that so strikingly recall the great system of Mycenian ornaments ? Our best information in regard to the metal-work of this art has been more especially supplied by