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§ 85. East Treasury (later, Archives) and Derivative Relics : Bone
Fish with Alphabetiform Signs.......397
Windowless chambers for Stores and Treasure; ' The Lair'; Early ' kalderim' pave-
ment below with contemporary door-jambs ; Clay and plaster floors (M. M. Ill) of
later store-room ; Relics fallen from Treasure Chamber above; Extension of deposit
under Stairs—'The Ivory Deposit'; Parallel stratification under Stairs ; M. M. Illb
pedestalled Vases at top—their Egyptian pedigree; Fragments of Miniature Fresco
found with 'Ivory Deposit' relating to Bull Sports; Upper Treasury Chamber later
used for Archives—sealings and tablets of Linear Class B; Relics from 'Treasury'
also found in ' Room of Stone Bench'; FVfence plaques as from ' Temple Reposi-
tories '; Parts of Ivory Casket and Wooden Chest; Rock-crystal bowl; Pendant in
form of gold heart—similar amulets; Gold fish—Scarus Cretensis; The lion jewel;
Deposit in Drain Shaft; Bone ' fish ' with alphabetiform signs; Simple geometrical
character of such signs; Inlayers' signary; Accompanied by varying numbers;
Segments of bracelets with similar marks and numbers; Were both classes of objects
used for game ?
§86. Further Relics derived from East Treasury: Sphinxes,
Minoan and Hittite, and Leaping Youths of Ivory Deposit 413
Gold-plated bronze attachments—perhaps from Lion's mane; Miniature Double
Axes—bronze, gold-plated—from small shrine; Plumed crest and part of wing of
Ivory Sphinx; Comparison with naturalistic ivory wing of small bird; The Minoan
Sphinx; Minoan Oedipus at grips with it on Thisbe bead-seal; Name of Sphinx
Hellenic, Art form Minoan; Wingless Sphinx of M. M. II Signet; Hathoric curls—
of Hittite derivation distinct from Egyptian type; Steatite locks of Sphinx's head
from drain-shaft deposit; Oriental comparisons—Hathoric elements; H. Triada
Sphinx of Hittite type—supplies key to restoration of Knossian head ; Twisted locks ;
H. Triada figure compared with Chaldaean inkstands; Minoan ink-written inscrip-
tions ; Immediate source of H. Triada Sphinx Hittite; An imported object; Parallel
example recently found at Tylissos; Minoan female figurine of steatite found with
Sphinx at Tylissos—peaked cap a novel feature; ' The Deposit of Ivories'; Figures
of acrobatic youths ; The Leaping Youth—marvellous elan; Chryselephantine Art;
Curled flying locks of bronze, gold-plated; Part of larger arm ; Figures engaged in
Sports of Bull-ring—these under divine patronage ; Faience head of bull; A miniature
Minoan Corrida—perhaps exhibited in Sanctuary.
§ 87. Chryselephantine Figurines of 'Boston Goddess' and Boy-God
connected with Ivory Deposit : The Mother Goddess and
Child.............436
The acrobatic ivory figures connected with bull-ring; Religious elements of Treasury
Deposit—miniature bronze Double Axes and part of shrine on fresco; the Sphinxes;
Were there also images of divinities ? Facilities here for abstraction; ' Boston
Goddess': parallel to Knossian Snake Goddess—Knossos its probable source;
Locks secured as in acrobatic ivories; Physiognomy individual and modern; Emer-
gence of ivory boy-God, in the same style and probably from same Knossian source ;
Fragments of steatite cup with male heads in relief; Ivory figurine of boy-God, as
found; Belt already fitted to child's body ; Very young infants beltless—Palaikastro
examples; Rivet holes in ivory figurine for gold-plated belt and kilt; Girdles on
young girls; Proportions of boy-God ; Comparative girth of adult male figure ;
Adaptation of human form to early waist constriction; Looser belts worn by elderly-
men ; Tight waists begin with M. M. Ill; Boy-God on tiptoes and adorant; Delicate
execution of toes; Foot of M. M. II a figurine; Waving hair and features of boy-
God—recall ' Boston Goddess '; Correspondence in height; Same group—Mother
and adoring Child; Matriarchal stamp of Minoan Religion; Same Goddess with
§ 85. East Treasury (later, Archives) and Derivative Relics : Bone
Fish with Alphabetiform Signs.......397
Windowless chambers for Stores and Treasure; ' The Lair'; Early ' kalderim' pave-
ment below with contemporary door-jambs ; Clay and plaster floors (M. M. Ill) of
later store-room ; Relics fallen from Treasure Chamber above; Extension of deposit
under Stairs—'The Ivory Deposit'; Parallel stratification under Stairs ; M. M. Illb
pedestalled Vases at top—their Egyptian pedigree; Fragments of Miniature Fresco
found with 'Ivory Deposit' relating to Bull Sports; Upper Treasury Chamber later
used for Archives—sealings and tablets of Linear Class B; Relics from 'Treasury'
also found in ' Room of Stone Bench'; FVfence plaques as from ' Temple Reposi-
tories '; Parts of Ivory Casket and Wooden Chest; Rock-crystal bowl; Pendant in
form of gold heart—similar amulets; Gold fish—Scarus Cretensis; The lion jewel;
Deposit in Drain Shaft; Bone ' fish ' with alphabetiform signs; Simple geometrical
character of such signs; Inlayers' signary; Accompanied by varying numbers;
Segments of bracelets with similar marks and numbers; Were both classes of objects
used for game ?
§86. Further Relics derived from East Treasury: Sphinxes,
Minoan and Hittite, and Leaping Youths of Ivory Deposit 413
Gold-plated bronze attachments—perhaps from Lion's mane; Miniature Double
Axes—bronze, gold-plated—from small shrine; Plumed crest and part of wing of
Ivory Sphinx; Comparison with naturalistic ivory wing of small bird; The Minoan
Sphinx; Minoan Oedipus at grips with it on Thisbe bead-seal; Name of Sphinx
Hellenic, Art form Minoan; Wingless Sphinx of M. M. II Signet; Hathoric curls—
of Hittite derivation distinct from Egyptian type; Steatite locks of Sphinx's head
from drain-shaft deposit; Oriental comparisons—Hathoric elements; H. Triada
Sphinx of Hittite type—supplies key to restoration of Knossian head ; Twisted locks ;
H. Triada figure compared with Chaldaean inkstands; Minoan ink-written inscrip-
tions ; Immediate source of H. Triada Sphinx Hittite; An imported object; Parallel
example recently found at Tylissos; Minoan female figurine of steatite found with
Sphinx at Tylissos—peaked cap a novel feature; ' The Deposit of Ivories'; Figures
of acrobatic youths ; The Leaping Youth—marvellous elan; Chryselephantine Art;
Curled flying locks of bronze, gold-plated; Part of larger arm ; Figures engaged in
Sports of Bull-ring—these under divine patronage ; Faience head of bull; A miniature
Minoan Corrida—perhaps exhibited in Sanctuary.
§ 87. Chryselephantine Figurines of 'Boston Goddess' and Boy-God
connected with Ivory Deposit : The Mother Goddess and
Child.............436
The acrobatic ivory figures connected with bull-ring; Religious elements of Treasury
Deposit—miniature bronze Double Axes and part of shrine on fresco; the Sphinxes;
Were there also images of divinities ? Facilities here for abstraction; ' Boston
Goddess': parallel to Knossian Snake Goddess—Knossos its probable source;
Locks secured as in acrobatic ivories; Physiognomy individual and modern; Emer-
gence of ivory boy-God, in the same style and probably from same Knossian source ;
Fragments of steatite cup with male heads in relief; Ivory figurine of boy-God, as
found; Belt already fitted to child's body ; Very young infants beltless—Palaikastro
examples; Rivet holes in ivory figurine for gold-plated belt and kilt; Girdles on
young girls; Proportions of boy-God ; Comparative girth of adult male figure ;
Adaptation of human form to early waist constriction; Looser belts worn by elderly-
men ; Tight waists begin with M. M. Ill; Boy-God on tiptoes and adorant; Delicate
execution of toes; Foot of M. M. II a figurine; Waving hair and features of boy-
God—recall ' Boston Goddess '; Correspondence in height; Same group—Mother
and adoring Child; Matriarchal stamp of Minoan Religion; Same Goddess with