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Knossos Excavations, 1903.
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which whole heaps were found, vary in colour from white to a bright
greenish blue. Their types are seen in Fig. 41 ; but by far the most
abundant of these is the globular form. This fact is interesting, since
this globular type of bead is very typical of the Twelfth and Thirteenth
Dynasties, where, too, a much brighter blue-green hue is affected than was
usual in the days of the Early Empire. Except for the fact that the per-
foration of the Knossian beads is as a rule smaller than that of the
Egyptian examples, they are almost indistinguishable from them. The
bugles and the more oval type shown in Fig. 41 also find their counter-
parts in these Middle Empire Egyptian forms.
That this Minoan fabric of enamelled ware was introduced frorfi
Egypt there can be no manner of doubt. Its glaze, as will be seen,
Fig. 41.—Faience Heads from Tempi.e Repository (slightly reduced).
resembles that of the so-called ' Egyptian porcelain.' It is to be
observed in this connexion that on many plaques for inlaying there
appear impressed or relieved signs on the lower side, presenting a close
parallelism with those of Egyptian plaques1 of the same material. These
signs in turn correspond with others belonging to still more numerous
1 In this particular deposit the signs on the under-side ui some of the inlays were little more
than groups of notches. On the roundels from the Throne Room and faience plaques for
inlaying found elsewhere regular signs occurred analogous to those of the bone and ivory inlays
from the Palace. See Report, &c, 1901, pp. 119, 120, where the marks on the faience inlays from
Tell-el-Yehudiyeh, &c., are compared. Similar signs occur on the faience plaques found by the
Italians at PhaestOS and Hagia Triada.
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which whole heaps were found, vary in colour from white to a bright
greenish blue. Their types are seen in Fig. 41 ; but by far the most
abundant of these is the globular form. This fact is interesting, since
this globular type of bead is very typical of the Twelfth and Thirteenth
Dynasties, where, too, a much brighter blue-green hue is affected than was
usual in the days of the Early Empire. Except for the fact that the per-
foration of the Knossian beads is as a rule smaller than that of the
Egyptian examples, they are almost indistinguishable from them. The
bugles and the more oval type shown in Fig. 41 also find their counter-
parts in these Middle Empire Egyptian forms.
That this Minoan fabric of enamelled ware was introduced frorfi
Egypt there can be no manner of doubt. Its glaze, as will be seen,
Fig. 41.—Faience Heads from Tempi.e Repository (slightly reduced).
resembles that of the so-called ' Egyptian porcelain.' It is to be
observed in this connexion that on many plaques for inlaying there
appear impressed or relieved signs on the lower side, presenting a close
parallelism with those of Egyptian plaques1 of the same material. These
signs in turn correspond with others belonging to still more numerous
1 In this particular deposit the signs on the under-side ui some of the inlays were little more
than groups of notches. On the roundels from the Throne Room and faience plaques for
inlaying found elsewhere regular signs occurred analogous to those of the bone and ivory inlays
from the Palace. See Report, &c, 1901, pp. 119, 120, where the marks on the faience inlays from
Tell-el-Yehudiyeh, &c., are compared. Similar signs occur on the faience plaques found by the
Italians at PhaestOS and Hagia Triada.