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Discovery
of Hoards
of Clay
Tablets.
Asso-
ciated
sealings
already
described.
§ i io. First Discovery of Large Hoards of Ci.ay Tablets in Advanced
Linear Script (13). Signs of Class B compared with A: their Analysis
and Associated System of Numeration.
Discovery of hoards of clay tablets [associatedsealings, already described) ■
At the time unparalleled phenomenon; The first hoards brought to light in
S.W. region; 'Granary' and ' Chariot' tablets; Armoury deposit; Mostly
stored on the upper floors; 'Chariot' tablets in basement closet with remains
of chests; 'Adze' tablets in originalorder ; Classical traditions of finding of
prehistoric Writing; Bronze tablet of AlkmfoiS's Tomb-; Earthquake reveals
tablets at Knossos in Nero's lime—Diktys' ' Chronicle of Trojan War '; The
Tablets of Linear Class B—forms contrast with earlier documents ; Retrospect
and Synopsis of Class A —transitional examples fit ling on to the Hieroglyphic
type; ' Monumental' group of A inscriptions on stone vessels of ritual class;
Clay series; Hagia Triada group of tablets; illustrating commerce and
industry; Synopsis of Class B; Signs used both pliouetically and ideo-
graphical/y; A and B classes compared—common source, but B more
advanced; Rgyplianizing element in B—papyrus wand and uraeus,- Official
and priestly emblems ' throne and sceptre' and ' horned head-piece'; Numera-
tion of A and B—practically same; -'Percentage Tablets'; Signs of
Addition.
Already, in describing the sealings from the late Palatial deposits dealt
with above, a feature has called for notice that stands in relation 'to what,
at the time of the Excavation and since, has been by many regarded as its
crowning result. This was the discovery of a series' of hoards of clay
tablets, numbering—complete or fragmentary—over 1,600, presenting in-
scriptions in a more advanced linear style than any yet brought to light-
In describing the clay sealings, a series of examples have been noted
on which one or more of the faces bears graffito inscriptions, consisting, it
would appear, of the names and titles of .officials in the same form of writing,
while in several cases the seal impression itself has been countermarked
in a similar manner. In touching on the Upper West Magazines and con-
nected system it has been further necessary to anticipate a more general
account of the tablets themselves by a reference to examples derived from
those relating" to granaries or stores of cereal's, as well as to others bearing
on the Standard Weight there preserved, and presenting figures of balances
and of copper ingots. .■-..■ .'!:■'•.",
of Hoards
of Clay
Tablets.
Asso-
ciated
sealings
already
described.
§ i io. First Discovery of Large Hoards of Ci.ay Tablets in Advanced
Linear Script (13). Signs of Class B compared with A: their Analysis
and Associated System of Numeration.
Discovery of hoards of clay tablets [associatedsealings, already described) ■
At the time unparalleled phenomenon; The first hoards brought to light in
S.W. region; 'Granary' and ' Chariot' tablets; Armoury deposit; Mostly
stored on the upper floors; 'Chariot' tablets in basement closet with remains
of chests; 'Adze' tablets in originalorder ; Classical traditions of finding of
prehistoric Writing; Bronze tablet of AlkmfoiS's Tomb-; Earthquake reveals
tablets at Knossos in Nero's lime—Diktys' ' Chronicle of Trojan War '; The
Tablets of Linear Class B—forms contrast with earlier documents ; Retrospect
and Synopsis of Class A —transitional examples fit ling on to the Hieroglyphic
type; ' Monumental' group of A inscriptions on stone vessels of ritual class;
Clay series; Hagia Triada group of tablets; illustrating commerce and
industry; Synopsis of Class B; Signs used both pliouetically and ideo-
graphical/y; A and B classes compared—common source, but B more
advanced; Rgyplianizing element in B—papyrus wand and uraeus,- Official
and priestly emblems ' throne and sceptre' and ' horned head-piece'; Numera-
tion of A and B—practically same; -'Percentage Tablets'; Signs of
Addition.
Already, in describing the sealings from the late Palatial deposits dealt
with above, a feature has called for notice that stands in relation 'to what,
at the time of the Excavation and since, has been by many regarded as its
crowning result. This was the discovery of a series' of hoards of clay
tablets, numbering—complete or fragmentary—over 1,600, presenting in-
scriptions in a more advanced linear style than any yet brought to light-
In describing the clay sealings, a series of examples have been noted
on which one or more of the faces bears graffito inscriptions, consisting, it
would appear, of the names and titles of .officials in the same form of writing,
while in several cases the seal impression itself has been countermarked
in a similar manner. In touching on the Upper West Magazines and con-
nected system it has been further necessary to anticipate a more general
account of the tablets themselves by a reference to examples derived from
those relating" to granaries or stores of cereal's, as well as to others bearing
on the Standard Weight there preserved, and presenting figures of balances
and of copper ingots. .■-..■ .'!:■'•.",