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THE PALACE OF MINOS, ETC.
Inscribed
Tablets.
Clay and
Seal-im-
pressions.
Bone and
Ivory
Relics.
Fig. 354 a. Bone Inlays, in form
of Pomegranate Buds.
Sacrificial
Element.
a coating for these and other objects, the Western Repository contained
a variety of important relics. A clay tablet and three disks presenting
inscriptions of the Linear Script A,1 as well as a hoard of 150 clay seal-
impressions, some, as will be seen, with religious emblems, were clearly
derived from the archives of the sanctuary to which the Repositories
belonged. Some account of these will be
given below in connexion with other objects
belonging to the same categories.2
Various relics of ivory and bone were
also found in this Repository. Among the
bone inlays the most elaborate were in the
shape alternately of flowers and buds,
suggested by those of a pomegranate
(Fig. 354 a). The under-sides of these
pieces showed incised marks in the shape
of a broad f-|, accompanied by a varying
number of dots, a mark which is also trace-
able in relief on a silver ' dump' found on
the East Slope representing the transitional
stage towards coined money.3 A fragment
of another piece for inlaying presented an
incised ~Y, a frequently recurring mark. An
ivory inlay (Fig. 354 b) was also found of
a crescent-shaped outline similar to others
of faience and crystal that have occurred
elsewhere in the Palace. A mono- other
bone relics the arrow plumes with their
curiously notched feathers will be seen to
have a special relation to a decorative motive much in vogue at this
time.4 As votive objects, moreover, they have an intimate bearing on the
cult of the Minoan Diktynna. The elegant ivory plate of a knife handle
here brought to light (Fig. 354^) s may well have belonged to a sacrificial
instrument. To the sacrificial element, perhaps represented by the knife
handle, may be added the discovery of the cores of horns of Roe-deer, and
the greasiness of the deposit, which attained its maximum immediately above
Fig. 354 b. Ivory Handle
of Instrument, and
Inlay: Temple
Repository.
1 See below, pp. 618, 620. 4 See below, p. 547 seqq., and Figs. 399-402.
2 See below, p. 617 seqq. 5 For a drawing of both sides of this and
3 See my Minoan Weights and Curre?icy (in section see Knossos, Report, 1903, p. 61, Fig. 39.
Coroila Numismatica, 1906), p. 363, Fig. 15.
THE PALACE OF MINOS, ETC.
Inscribed
Tablets.
Clay and
Seal-im-
pressions.
Bone and
Ivory
Relics.
Fig. 354 a. Bone Inlays, in form
of Pomegranate Buds.
Sacrificial
Element.
a coating for these and other objects, the Western Repository contained
a variety of important relics. A clay tablet and three disks presenting
inscriptions of the Linear Script A,1 as well as a hoard of 150 clay seal-
impressions, some, as will be seen, with religious emblems, were clearly
derived from the archives of the sanctuary to which the Repositories
belonged. Some account of these will be
given below in connexion with other objects
belonging to the same categories.2
Various relics of ivory and bone were
also found in this Repository. Among the
bone inlays the most elaborate were in the
shape alternately of flowers and buds,
suggested by those of a pomegranate
(Fig. 354 a). The under-sides of these
pieces showed incised marks in the shape
of a broad f-|, accompanied by a varying
number of dots, a mark which is also trace-
able in relief on a silver ' dump' found on
the East Slope representing the transitional
stage towards coined money.3 A fragment
of another piece for inlaying presented an
incised ~Y, a frequently recurring mark. An
ivory inlay (Fig. 354 b) was also found of
a crescent-shaped outline similar to others
of faience and crystal that have occurred
elsewhere in the Palace. A mono- other
bone relics the arrow plumes with their
curiously notched feathers will be seen to
have a special relation to a decorative motive much in vogue at this
time.4 As votive objects, moreover, they have an intimate bearing on the
cult of the Minoan Diktynna. The elegant ivory plate of a knife handle
here brought to light (Fig. 354^) s may well have belonged to a sacrificial
instrument. To the sacrificial element, perhaps represented by the knife
handle, may be added the discovery of the cores of horns of Roe-deer, and
the greasiness of the deposit, which attained its maximum immediately above
Fig. 354 b. Ivory Handle
of Instrument, and
Inlay: Temple
Repository.
1 See below, pp. 618, 620. 4 See below, p. 547 seqq., and Figs. 399-402.
2 See below, p. 617 seqq. 5 For a drawing of both sides of this and
3 See my Minoan Weights and Curre?icy (in section see Knossos, Report, 1903, p. 61, Fig. 39.
Coroila Numismatica, 1906), p. 363, Fig. 15.