Evans, Arthur J.: Scripta minoa: the written documents of minoan Crete with special reference to the archives of Knossos (Band 1): The hieroglyphic and primitive linear classes (Oxford, 1909)

CATALOGUE OF INSCRIPTIONS

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1 c, which frequently stands by itselt on the small side

sign appears here with its
e however frequent. For

v sign repeated after the initial X. This inscription reads from right to left. (PI, IVa.)

P. 70 b, c. The first sign on b resembles a form common to the two linear classes, but which, in the hieroglyphic
ries, only occurs on the present sealing. The second sign is also peculiar to this inscription. The incomplete
character on c apparently represents a form of the Egyptian Anhh. A similar sign occupies the field of a kntoid
' "e found in Central Crete. (PI. IVa, IVb.)

bead-seal of black

P. 72 b. Only the ' gate' sign c
P. 74 b. The sign on this sealinj

n be clearly made out on this sealing. (PI. IVa.)

(No. u6) reappears below on the clay bars Nos. 113&, 1146. (PI. IVa.)

P. 75 b. The first sign here s<

s the ' strainer' (No. 54) but with two handles. (PI. IVa.)

P. 76 a, b, c. This example is exceptional in presenting no seal-impression. It has all three sides inscribed
with graffito inscriptions. The sign to the left of a, after the initial mark, appears to be a glove. It is suggested
below (v. Catalogue of Signs, No. 9) that this may have been an article required by bee-keepers. In this case the insect
to the right of the group is probably a bee. The sealing may have secured a store of honey.

The inscription on face b reads from right to left, as is shown by the direction of the double axe and the goat's
head. Ah X appears both at beginning and end. For this group cf. P. 93 a and 108 a.

_ Thesign to the right of cis the same as that on P. 52 b and also appears on the clay bars and labels. It may be
a jar containing grain, or possibly honey, seen in section.. (See Catalogue, No. 50.) (PI. I V».)