Evans, Arthur J.: The Palace of Minos: a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustred by the discoveries at Knossos (Index) (London, 1936)

NUMERALS [109]

Numerals (cont.)

— on faience disks from Knossos, IV. 941

— on Vase Tablets, iv. 732

— on Minoan weights, iv. 653
Nuraghi of Sardinia, 11. 181

OLIVE-TREES

o

Oases, Libyan, natron found in, 11. 54

-------God of, 11. 191

Oats, possible Minoan brewing of, iv. 629

— on L.M. lb ceramic ornament, iv. 629

— on rhyton from Eski Samsoun, iv. 767
Obelisk, see Baetyl

Obsidian from Aeolian Islands, II. 56

— from Melos, 1. 14, 20, 21, 55, 66, 11. 56 n. 6,

671

— clear, from Isle of Yali, 11. 14

— used in Egypt, I. 55
-------in Italy, I. 55

— alabastra of, from chamber tombs at Byblos,

II. 655, 825

— arrow-heads, from 4th Shaft Grave, Mycenae,

iv. 838

— cores and flakes of, from Knossos, 1.170,172

— barber's flakes and knives, from Knossos, 1.

54, 68, 170, 172, 11. 13, 14, iv. 655

— points, from Magasa, 1. 34

— rhyton, from Tylissos, 11. 56 n. 6
Octopus, popular article of diet in Minoan Crete,

iv. 631

— as ornamental motive:

M.M. II, 1. 247 n. 2, 272,11. 453, 507 n. 2
M.M. III. 1. 609, iv. 224, 445, nn. 5 and 6,

446,491,502,541,930
L.M. la, iv. 457
L.M. lb, iv. 276, 277, 281, 651
L.M. II, 1. 122, 373, 505, 619, iv. 305-4,

353» 36°. 369. 372> 65°. 65:
L.M. Ill, 11. 336, 343, in. 22, iv. 310-14,

352. 369. 37°. 372, 734. 735

Sub-Minoan, 11. 343
Odysseus, painting of in Hades by Polygnotos,

HI. 156
Odyssey, see Homer
Oedipus, story of on bead-seals from Thisbe, in.

416, iv. 514, 550, 816, 817
Oenochoe, see Ewer
Oesterley, Dr., on Biblical examples of sacred

dances and ecstatic possession, in. 69 n. 6

Officer, fragment of miniature fresco of, from
N.W. insula at Knossos, m. 83

— on steatite cup from Hagia Triada, 11. 47,
779. 79°. 792, "I- 83, iv. 400

Official title on M.M. II seal, 1.8, 278

Ogival canopy motive, metallic origin of, iv. 320

-----------L.M. lb, 11. 489-93, 510, in. 177, iv.

281, 285, 419

-----------L.M. II, iv. 318-22

-----------on Mainland, n. 492, III. 177, iv. 321,

419

-----------relation of to sacral ivy motive, 11. 491

-----------combined with triple C's, iv. 321

-----------combined with double axes and papy-
rus, iv. 319
Oil, Minoan trade in, I. 232, 283, 291, 462, 11.
88, 247

— storage of at Knossos, 1. 425, 453, 458, 459,
462, iv. 622, 630-2, 647, 648

— flask, see Alabastron

— jar, see Pithos
Ointment jar, see Alabastron

Olbe in Cilicia, Priest-kings of, I. 6, 11. 656
Old Paphos, see Enkomi
Old Pylos, see Kakovatos
'Old Race' in Egypt, I. 17
Olive-land, Ta Tehenu, 11. 54
Olives, introduction of into Crete, 11. 23, 54, iv.
716

— carbonized, from Knossos, 11. 123 n. 2, 135

— and see Oil

Olive sprays, in gold, on jewels from Mochlos,

1.97

-------on frescoes, 11. 474, 475

-----------from Knossos, 1. 426, 537, 538, in.

167-72

-----------from Tell-el-Amarna, ni. 168

-------on pottery, M.M. 116, 1. 263, in. 168

-----------L.M. la, 11. 422, 474, 475, 619, iv. 265

Olive-spray sign, hieroglyphic script A, 1. 281,

iv. 680, 717

-------Linear Script B, iv. 716, 717

-------combined with overseer sign, iv. 716

Olive-trees, on frescoes from Knossos, n. 620,

in. 32, 67, 167-72, 190, iv. 16

— on gold cups from Vapheio, in. 177, iv. 16

— in sculpture from facade of Atreus Tomb

at Mycenae, in. 196, iv. 16

— on signets of hieroglyphic class, IV. 346, 717,

718