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THE HAGIOS ONUPHRIOS DEPOSIT.
wave from the East due to the influence of Babylonian and Asiatic cults
which recast in a new mould the later Aegean forms.34b
As a matter of fact there are certain features on the more advanced forms
of the Aegean marble 'idols' which may with some probability be ascribed to this
influence.
1. In the leaden image from Troy as well as on the figure of Istar on the
Maeonian mould necklaces are indicated round the neck. These are traceable
on some Trojan and Amorgan figures and apparently on Fig. 131 from Phaestos.
2. The angular widening of the thighs, specially noticeable in an example
from Delphi,85 has an Asiatic look.
3. On a marble figure from a cist-grave at Amorgos (Fig. 135), already
noticed as apparently showing signs of binding, there seems to be traceable on
one side of the head a curling lock of hair painted on the stone, which recalls
the sidelocks of the lead figures.
4. The male type which is occasionally found among the more developed
specimens has, in the case of one example from Amorgos,36 a conical head-
piece divided into tiers or zones which recalls that of the male god, probably
a form of Bel, associated with Istar on the Asiatic mould in the Cabinet des
Fig. 138.—Bronze Dagger, Phaestos. (| Linear).
Medailles.37 Traces of a conical cap are visible on the Amorgan idol (Fig. 137).
It remains for us to consider the bronze weapons from the Phaestos
deposit, of which however only two specimens are preserved.
The flat bronze dagger-blade (Fig. 138) is of a form which also occurs in
the early cist-graves of Amorgos. The other bronze weapon given in Fig. 139
is of a more original and hitherto unique character, and must be regarded as a
double-pointed spear-head. It will be remembered that in a far more
developed stage the double-pointed spear or javelin occurs as a characteristic
weapon in the hands of a Lycaonian warrior on the well-known stele of
Iconium.38 It looks then as if the H. Onuphrios deposit presents us with the
Sit> I am wholly unable to follow M. Reinach
in his attempt (Rev. Arch. 1895, p. 367 seqq.
Les deesses nues dans I'art oriental et dam Vart
grec) to trace the Oriental nude figures—and
even those on the Chaldaean cylinders—to
' Aegean' influences.
35 Athen. Mtttheilungen, 1881, p. 361.
36 In the Polytechnion at Athens.
37 S. Eeinach, Ssquisses Archeologiques, p. 46.
38 Texier, Description de VAsie Mineure ii.
148, 149, and PL ciii. ; Perrot et Chipiez, T. ir.
p. 741, Kg. 359.
THE HAGIOS ONUPHRIOS DEPOSIT.
wave from the East due to the influence of Babylonian and Asiatic cults
which recast in a new mould the later Aegean forms.34b
As a matter of fact there are certain features on the more advanced forms
of the Aegean marble 'idols' which may with some probability be ascribed to this
influence.
1. In the leaden image from Troy as well as on the figure of Istar on the
Maeonian mould necklaces are indicated round the neck. These are traceable
on some Trojan and Amorgan figures and apparently on Fig. 131 from Phaestos.
2. The angular widening of the thighs, specially noticeable in an example
from Delphi,85 has an Asiatic look.
3. On a marble figure from a cist-grave at Amorgos (Fig. 135), already
noticed as apparently showing signs of binding, there seems to be traceable on
one side of the head a curling lock of hair painted on the stone, which recalls
the sidelocks of the lead figures.
4. The male type which is occasionally found among the more developed
specimens has, in the case of one example from Amorgos,36 a conical head-
piece divided into tiers or zones which recalls that of the male god, probably
a form of Bel, associated with Istar on the Asiatic mould in the Cabinet des
Fig. 138.—Bronze Dagger, Phaestos. (| Linear).
Medailles.37 Traces of a conical cap are visible on the Amorgan idol (Fig. 137).
It remains for us to consider the bronze weapons from the Phaestos
deposit, of which however only two specimens are preserved.
The flat bronze dagger-blade (Fig. 138) is of a form which also occurs in
the early cist-graves of Amorgos. The other bronze weapon given in Fig. 139
is of a more original and hitherto unique character, and must be regarded as a
double-pointed spear-head. It will be remembered that in a far more
developed stage the double-pointed spear or javelin occurs as a characteristic
weapon in the hands of a Lycaonian warrior on the well-known stele of
Iconium.38 It looks then as if the H. Onuphrios deposit presents us with the
Sit> I am wholly unable to follow M. Reinach
in his attempt (Rev. Arch. 1895, p. 367 seqq.
Les deesses nues dans I'art oriental et dam Vart
grec) to trace the Oriental nude figures—and
even those on the Chaldaean cylinders—to
' Aegean' influences.
35 Athen. Mtttheilungen, 1881, p. 361.
36 In the Polytechnion at Athens.
37 S. Eeinach, Ssquisses Archeologiques, p. 46.
38 Texier, Description de VAsie Mineure ii.
148, 149, and PL ciii. ; Perrot et Chipiez, T. ir.
p. 741, Kg. 359.