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CATALOGUE OF HIEROGLYPHIC SIGNS
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39. This sign greatly resembles the Egyptian ankh, the symbol of ' life' and
' divinity'. It is seen by itself on P. 70 c, and also appears as the sole type on a very
early lentoid of black steatite from Central Crete, where it apparently had a symbolic
value. The sign survives among the characters of both classes of the linear script.
It also appears with other signs on a Cypro-Mycenaean gold ring.1 Certain varieties
of the Cypriote ra suggest comparisons.
For the ankh as a Minoan and Mycenaean symbol and its combination with the
double axe, see my Mycenaean Tree and Pillar Cult, pp. 80, 81.
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40. «, P. 41 b; b, P. 49; c, P. 96a.
Spouted vessel, perhaps for libations. This vase with its curved spout resembles
the Egyptian libation vases, >Q qebeh, except that it has a handle, the handle being a
usual addition to Cretan adaptations of Egyptian forms. It also recalls the Persian
ibrik or metal ewer.
The figure recurs by itselt or beside a plant or spray on a series of lentoid and
amygdaloid bead-seals found in Crete, and had probably a religious value. A spouted
vessel of blue-glazed faience was found in the Room of the Throne at Knossos.
Buildings and Accessories.
H. 8; B. 0,
0 B; E3 CI
41. a, P. 7b; b, P. 6a; c, P. 26a; d, P. 75a. 1; c, P. 64c; /, P. 102a; g,
P. 101a; h, P. 109 b.
This sign is identical with secondary forms of the Egyptian hieroglyphic for
' Palace' = aha. The Egyptian figure in its original aspect is seen to be a tower
(see § 10, pp. 239, 240, and Table XVI, c), sometimes placed within a double courtyard.2
This is represented by ' a nearly square enclosure, the wall of which is carried half-way
1 See above, p. 70, Fig. 38. ' F. LI. Griffith, Hieroglyphs, Pi. III. 30, and pp. 34-36.
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39. This sign greatly resembles the Egyptian ankh, the symbol of ' life' and
' divinity'. It is seen by itself on P. 70 c, and also appears as the sole type on a very
early lentoid of black steatite from Central Crete, where it apparently had a symbolic
value. The sign survives among the characters of both classes of the linear script.
It also appears with other signs on a Cypro-Mycenaean gold ring.1 Certain varieties
of the Cypriote ra suggest comparisons.
For the ankh as a Minoan and Mycenaean symbol and its combination with the
double axe, see my Mycenaean Tree and Pillar Cult, pp. 80, 81.
♦ | f
40. «, P. 41 b; b, P. 49; c, P. 96a.
Spouted vessel, perhaps for libations. This vase with its curved spout resembles
the Egyptian libation vases, >Q qebeh, except that it has a handle, the handle being a
usual addition to Cretan adaptations of Egyptian forms. It also recalls the Persian
ibrik or metal ewer.
The figure recurs by itselt or beside a plant or spray on a series of lentoid and
amygdaloid bead-seals found in Crete, and had probably a religious value. A spouted
vessel of blue-glazed faience was found in the Room of the Throne at Knossos.
Buildings and Accessories.
H. 8; B. 0,
0 B; E3 CI
41. a, P. 7b; b, P. 6a; c, P. 26a; d, P. 75a. 1; c, P. 64c; /, P. 102a; g,
P. 101a; h, P. 109 b.
This sign is identical with secondary forms of the Egyptian hieroglyphic for
' Palace' = aha. The Egyptian figure in its original aspect is seen to be a tower
(see § 10, pp. 239, 240, and Table XVI, c), sometimes placed within a double courtyard.2
This is represented by ' a nearly square enclosure, the wall of which is carried half-way
1 See above, p. 70, Fig. 38. ' F. LI. Griffith, Hieroglyphs, Pi. III. 30, and pp. 34-36.