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A. J. Evans
Goddess, and alike the subject, the style of the engraving, and the con-
tiguous place of discovery show that both sealings belong to the same
Sanctuary and to the same period of its history. The Goddess here (Fig. 37)
wears a peaked cap and somewhat short skirt, she is holding a spear,
and the lion looks back and up at her. On some seal impressions from
Hagia Triada is seen apparently the same Goddess, wearing a similar
peaked cap, between two attendants, each of whom holds aloft a double
axe.1 The God (Fig. 38)2 wears a short tunic and a somewhat peaked
head-piece which recalls those of some contemporary statuettes of bronze,
such as that from the votive cave or rock-shelter of Patso near Sybrita :!
in Crete, the prominent front of which, however, is curiously ' Hittite.'
He holds a spear and a shield of exceptional form. The animal at
his side is apparently a lioness.4 These figures of lion-guarded divinities,
well represented in the sealings of this deposit, must be identified with
the same divine pair of whose cult in the Minoan Palace of Knossos so
many records have already come to light.
§ 12.—Temple Repositories: The Ivory and Bone Objects.
Of inlays in ivory or bone not many have been preserved. The most
elaborate were in the shape alternately of flowers and buds, apparently
suggested by those of a pomegranate. The under-sides of these pieces
showed incised marks in the shape of a broad H. accompanied by a varying
number of dots. A fragment of another piece for inlaying presented an
incised "J". An ivory inlay was also found of a crescent-shaped outline similar
to others of faience and crystal that have occurred elsewhere in the Palace.
The most elegant ivory object, obtained, like the other, from the
Eastern Repository, was the delicately carved handle plate of some instru-
ment, showing rivet-holes for fixing the blade, which ran at right angles to
the end of the handle (Fig. 39).5
1 In Halbherr, Kesti etc. Rapporio, 1902, p, 39, Fig. 33. This type is there reproduced from
an imperfect example, the double axes, clear on some impressions of the seal since discovered, not
appearing.
2 This type was represented by eight examples.
3 Myc.Tree and Pillar Cult, p. 27, Fig. 15.
4 This pard-like creature may however be intended for some kind of mastift.
5 Length 678 centimetres. There had originally been a second handle plate of the same form
the blade being held between them. The upper and lower faces of the plate and the side view are
shown in Fig. 39.
A. J. Evans
Goddess, and alike the subject, the style of the engraving, and the con-
tiguous place of discovery show that both sealings belong to the same
Sanctuary and to the same period of its history. The Goddess here (Fig. 37)
wears a peaked cap and somewhat short skirt, she is holding a spear,
and the lion looks back and up at her. On some seal impressions from
Hagia Triada is seen apparently the same Goddess, wearing a similar
peaked cap, between two attendants, each of whom holds aloft a double
axe.1 The God (Fig. 38)2 wears a short tunic and a somewhat peaked
head-piece which recalls those of some contemporary statuettes of bronze,
such as that from the votive cave or rock-shelter of Patso near Sybrita :!
in Crete, the prominent front of which, however, is curiously ' Hittite.'
He holds a spear and a shield of exceptional form. The animal at
his side is apparently a lioness.4 These figures of lion-guarded divinities,
well represented in the sealings of this deposit, must be identified with
the same divine pair of whose cult in the Minoan Palace of Knossos so
many records have already come to light.
§ 12.—Temple Repositories: The Ivory and Bone Objects.
Of inlays in ivory or bone not many have been preserved. The most
elaborate were in the shape alternately of flowers and buds, apparently
suggested by those of a pomegranate. The under-sides of these pieces
showed incised marks in the shape of a broad H. accompanied by a varying
number of dots. A fragment of another piece for inlaying presented an
incised "J". An ivory inlay was also found of a crescent-shaped outline similar
to others of faience and crystal that have occurred elsewhere in the Palace.
The most elegant ivory object, obtained, like the other, from the
Eastern Repository, was the delicately carved handle plate of some instru-
ment, showing rivet-holes for fixing the blade, which ran at right angles to
the end of the handle (Fig. 39).5
1 In Halbherr, Kesti etc. Rapporio, 1902, p, 39, Fig. 33. This type is there reproduced from
an imperfect example, the double axes, clear on some impressions of the seal since discovered, not
appearing.
2 This type was represented by eight examples.
3 Myc.Tree and Pillar Cult, p. 27, Fig. 15.
4 This pard-like creature may however be intended for some kind of mastift.
5 Length 678 centimetres. There had originally been a second handle plate of the same form
the blade being held between them. The upper and lower faces of the plate and the side view are
shown in Fig. 39.