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L306] PRIMITIVE PICTOGRAPHS AND SCRIPT 37
17 "■• Figs. 84a and 235. Apparently another instrument of the
same class as the above.
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ffords a
18 Y Fig. 32o\ This form may be compared with the Egyptian
/ \ = a mallet, determinative of ' to fabricate' or ' build.'
The Hittite [^j=> from Gurun (R. and H. PL IV. 2,
line 2) affords a close parallel to this and the above.
19 I Figs. 31b, 31c. This highly interesting symbol repre-
sents a primitive form of musical instrument which,
though it at first sight rather recalls a lyre from its horn-
shaped sides, is essentially a harp, its opposite sides being
connected by three strings and not by a solid cross-piece.
Regarded as a harp, however, it presents an entirely new type, apparently
standing in the same relation to the Asiatic born-bow as the simple forms of
African and other harps do to the wooden bow. It was, however, played with
a plectrum which, as in the case of primitive lyres among savages at the present
day, is here seen attached to the framework of the instrument. Although
this symbol must be classified as a harp, and not as a lyre, we may well ask
ourselves whether an instrument of this form, derived from the two-horned
Asiatic bow, may not have influenced—contaminated, as mythologists would
say—the form of the Greek lyre, the horn-shaped sides of which are not
essential to that form of instrument.
^0 Iffruniji i, m $■......% Figs. 235, 355, Sod Perhaps a plectrum as
, \ -7X above.
(a) (b)
Fig. 25a. A club or sceptre. Compare the Egyptian
' Q = club, t-ss^O3 = mace, symbol of ' brilliancy'
and ' whiteness.'
?2
Fig. 23c. There can be little doubt that this symbol re-
presents an adze or some similar tool with a wooden handle.
The handle shows affinities with the Egyptian l"l
A
^\ a kind of adze or plane, which = stp, ' to judge
\ or ' approve.' It may also be compared with the Hittite
t/\\ (Jera^is, Wright, op. cit. PI. IX. lines 7, 8). Long
« T1 adzes are among the most typical forms of bronze
implements found in Crete. They are found in Mycenaean deposits, and one
in my possession from the Cave of Psychro is 1P35 inches in length. It is
probable that the end of the wooden handle of the Cretan implement repre-
sented above was shaped like the hind leg and hoof of an animal, as in the
case of many Egyptian tools.
17 "■• Figs. 84a and 235. Apparently another instrument of the
same class as the above.
i
i
ffords a
18 Y Fig. 32o\ This form may be compared with the Egyptian
/ \ = a mallet, determinative of ' to fabricate' or ' build.'
The Hittite [^j=> from Gurun (R. and H. PL IV. 2,
line 2) affords a close parallel to this and the above.
19 I Figs. 31b, 31c. This highly interesting symbol repre-
sents a primitive form of musical instrument which,
though it at first sight rather recalls a lyre from its horn-
shaped sides, is essentially a harp, its opposite sides being
connected by three strings and not by a solid cross-piece.
Regarded as a harp, however, it presents an entirely new type, apparently
standing in the same relation to the Asiatic born-bow as the simple forms of
African and other harps do to the wooden bow. It was, however, played with
a plectrum which, as in the case of primitive lyres among savages at the present
day, is here seen attached to the framework of the instrument. Although
this symbol must be classified as a harp, and not as a lyre, we may well ask
ourselves whether an instrument of this form, derived from the two-horned
Asiatic bow, may not have influenced—contaminated, as mythologists would
say—the form of the Greek lyre, the horn-shaped sides of which are not
essential to that form of instrument.
^0 Iffruniji i, m $■......% Figs. 235, 355, Sod Perhaps a plectrum as
, \ -7X above.
(a) (b)
Fig. 25a. A club or sceptre. Compare the Egyptian
' Q = club, t-ss^O3 = mace, symbol of ' brilliancy'
and ' whiteness.'
?2
Fig. 23c. There can be little doubt that this symbol re-
presents an adze or some similar tool with a wooden handle.
The handle shows affinities with the Egyptian l"l
A
^\ a kind of adze or plane, which = stp, ' to judge
\ or ' approve.' It may also be compared with the Hittite
t/\\ (Jera^is, Wright, op. cit. PI. IX. lines 7, 8). Long
« T1 adzes are among the most typical forms of bronze
implements found in Crete. They are found in Mycenaean deposits, and one
in my possession from the Cave of Psychro is 1P35 inches in length. It is
probable that the end of the wooden handle of the Cretan implement repre-
sented above was shaped like the hind leg and hoof of an animal, as in the
case of many Egyptian tools.