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36 FROM CRETE AND THE PELOPONNESE. [305]
11 f§ Fig. 33a7. The dagger symbol appears in two forms among
"■f" Egyptian hieroglyphs, * bakasu and ffi pa. When it occurs
W among Hittite signs it V is grasped u by a hand (Hamath
Wright, op. cit. PI, III. H. iv. line 1, and Jerabis, op. cit. PI. XII.
Fig. 1,1. 2). The roundness of the pommel of the hilt on the Cretan sign is
probably simply due to the early gem-engraver's technique, which relies greatly
on the drill.
(a) (h)
lean vase-handle (Fig
12 f ^ Fig. 215. Arrow-head. The form b occurs on
a triangular stone of a somewhat earlier class
(see below, p. 344, Fig. 68), but is here inserted
W (y) for comparison. Compare, too, the sign on the
Mycenaean vase-handle (Fig. 1).
13 ^ , Figs. 34c, 23&, 24c, 30&, 32a, 33&, 35a. The
' arrow ' with a short shaft is frequent on these
stones, one variety (13a) showing the feather-
(a) (b) shaft. Similar figures are occasionally seen
in the field of Mycenaean gems found in the
island, where they represent arrows of the chase about to strike wild goats or
other animals. The Hittite hieroglyphic series presents some close parallels.
Jerabis (op. cit. PL Till. D. 1. 4, Gurun and Bulgar Maden (K. and H.
and PL X. 1. 4). PL II. and PL IV. Fig. 2).
f 1
n
14 830&A Figs. 23?;, 85c. This symbol must be taken in connexion
with the next, in which a palmette with curving base is
inserted into its arch. Eeasons will be given below (p. 319)
for identifying this with the ' template' used in constructing a design formed
of palmettes and returning spirals, which on other evidence seems to have
been employed in Crete in Mycenaean days. It may therefore be a badge
of a decorative artist.
Fig. 23a.
Figs. ■216, 22a, 23a, 23c, 25c, 32a, 33o, 34c, 35a,
35&, 38. This symbol, which is the most fre-
quent of all, occurring no less than eleven times
„ in the present series, may represent an instru-
ment—like an arbelon—for cutting leather. Or
it may possibly be compared with a tool such
as the Egyptians used for hollowing out vessels, and which seems to be repre-
sented by the Egyptian character Ub n. (See De Rouge, Chrestomathie
JEgyptunne, p. 75.) Compare also Shen ? = a chisel. 2 The projecting
shoulders recall a form of bronze celt.
11 f§ Fig. 33a7. The dagger symbol appears in two forms among
"■f" Egyptian hieroglyphs, * bakasu and ffi pa. When it occurs
W among Hittite signs it V is grasped u by a hand (Hamath
Wright, op. cit. PI, III. H. iv. line 1, and Jerabis, op. cit. PI. XII.
Fig. 1,1. 2). The roundness of the pommel of the hilt on the Cretan sign is
probably simply due to the early gem-engraver's technique, which relies greatly
on the drill.
(a) (h)
lean vase-handle (Fig
12 f ^ Fig. 215. Arrow-head. The form b occurs on
a triangular stone of a somewhat earlier class
(see below, p. 344, Fig. 68), but is here inserted
W (y) for comparison. Compare, too, the sign on the
Mycenaean vase-handle (Fig. 1).
13 ^ , Figs. 34c, 23&, 24c, 30&, 32a, 33&, 35a. The
' arrow ' with a short shaft is frequent on these
stones, one variety (13a) showing the feather-
(a) (b) shaft. Similar figures are occasionally seen
in the field of Mycenaean gems found in the
island, where they represent arrows of the chase about to strike wild goats or
other animals. The Hittite hieroglyphic series presents some close parallels.
Jerabis (op. cit. PL Till. D. 1. 4, Gurun and Bulgar Maden (K. and H.
and PL X. 1. 4). PL II. and PL IV. Fig. 2).
f 1
n
14 830&A Figs. 23?;, 85c. This symbol must be taken in connexion
with the next, in which a palmette with curving base is
inserted into its arch. Eeasons will be given below (p. 319)
for identifying this with the ' template' used in constructing a design formed
of palmettes and returning spirals, which on other evidence seems to have
been employed in Crete in Mycenaean days. It may therefore be a badge
of a decorative artist.
Fig. 23a.
Figs. ■216, 22a, 23a, 23c, 25c, 32a, 33o, 34c, 35a,
35&, 38. This symbol, which is the most fre-
quent of all, occurring no less than eleven times
„ in the present series, may represent an instru-
ment—like an arbelon—for cutting leather. Or
it may possibly be compared with a tool such
as the Egyptians used for hollowing out vessels, and which seems to be repre-
sented by the Egyptian character Ub n. (See De Rouge, Chrestomathie
JEgyptunne, p. 75.) Compare also Shen ? = a chisel. 2 The projecting
shoulders recall a form of bronze celt.