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ARTHUR J. EVANS
IDENTICAL FORMS AT themselves, on a seal Impression, apparently
PHYIjAKOPI AND CNOSSOS representing the signature of an official.
(LINEAR). It will be observed that the Melian
form of the cup sign i.s more archaic and,
in fact, approaches more nearly a form
belonging to the earlier class of linear
script which is best represented on fche
tablets of Hagia Triada, and which at
Cnossos belongs to the penultimate period
Alternative | \jy of the Palace. The method of writing
from right to left, instead of from left to
right, is not found in the Cnossian linear
inscriptions.
The parallel however is of such a kind
that we may assume that the characters on
the Melian pot also indicate the name of a
man, probably the owner. This remarkable
(On clay' label' piece of evidence tends to show that a
Forma.
G
®
Y
Alternative
Forms.
ai Phylakopi; System of linear writing closely reseinbling
ulsii at Zakru.
that of Cnossos existed in Melos at an
early date. We may perhaps further infer
Fig. 158. the existence of a common lan^uage in
Crete and in Melos.
The signs in Fig. 158 afford additional comparisons with the Cnossian
linear series.
In addition to these there is a somewhat imperfect group of signs (Fig.
Kl.:. 1.")!).
L59) which may be taken to belong to soine form of linear Script though they
do not seem to belong to the ordinary Cnossian series.
The same may be said of the group given by Mr. Hogarth in
B.S.A. iv. p. 12, Fig. 1:
§ 4.— The Numbers.
The numbers seem to belong to two classes; one of these consists of
upright slanting or horizontal lines, the other of dots or pellets.
ARTHUR J. EVANS
IDENTICAL FORMS AT themselves, on a seal Impression, apparently
PHYIjAKOPI AND CNOSSOS representing the signature of an official.
(LINEAR). It will be observed that the Melian
form of the cup sign i.s more archaic and,
in fact, approaches more nearly a form
belonging to the earlier class of linear
script which is best represented on fche
tablets of Hagia Triada, and which at
Cnossos belongs to the penultimate period
Alternative | \jy of the Palace. The method of writing
from right to left, instead of from left to
right, is not found in the Cnossian linear
inscriptions.
The parallel however is of such a kind
that we may assume that the characters on
the Melian pot also indicate the name of a
man, probably the owner. This remarkable
(On clay' label' piece of evidence tends to show that a
Forma.
G
®
Y
Alternative
Forms.
ai Phylakopi; System of linear writing closely reseinbling
ulsii at Zakru.
that of Cnossos existed in Melos at an
early date. We may perhaps further infer
Fig. 158. the existence of a common lan^uage in
Crete and in Melos.
The signs in Fig. 158 afford additional comparisons with the Cnossian
linear series.
In addition to these there is a somewhat imperfect group of signs (Fig.
Kl.:. 1.")!).
L59) which may be taken to belong to soine form of linear Script though they
do not seem to belong to the ordinary Cnossian series.
The same may be said of the group given by Mr. Hogarth in
B.S.A. iv. p. 12, Fig. 1:
§ 4.— The Numbers.
The numbers seem to belong to two classes; one of these consists of
upright slanting or horizontal lines, the other of dots or pellets.