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198 SCRIPTA MINOA
along the front and then turns in at a right angle enclosing an inner court'. The tower
itself, which stands for ' palace', is represented in its complete form as of two stories,
and Mr. Griffith! has suggested with great probability that the diagonal line, correspond-
ing to that of the Cretan sign, marks the direction of the staircase to the roof.
It is noteworthy that on the seal-impression (P. 71 a. 1) this sign is associated with
what seems to be the ' bee' sign, which in Egypt was an emblem of royalty. On
P. 46 c we see it grouped with the sacred double axe, and in this case, and again on
P. 6 a, it is brought into connexion with the facing head of a horned animal, perhaps
a bucranium.
It seems as if in this instance we had a clear example of Cretan character taken
over from the Egyptian series.
\r < IT*
42. a, P. io4c(cf. P. 104 b); b, P. 87 a; c, P. 84 a.
An angle, perhaps of a building. It occurs on the two faces of the clay bar P. 104,
in one case in association with the double axe, arrow and double spray (No. 101 e,f).
Type b, which occurs on P. 87 a, seems to be a variant of the same sign. It is grouped
with the enigmatic sign No. 116. Type c, again, appears in association with the
double axe.
Compare the Egyptian [p knb = an angle. The ' angle' also occurs on the
Phaestos Disk.
ft ft
43. a, P. 83 a; b, P. 107 b.
Hut on piles, probably a storehouse. This sign occurs in both cases in the same
group, associated with an ox-head and the spray No. 101, perhaps olive.
""fuel.*] *"■• ^fci.<fl ' aam
8, El, b, D.fl.
44. Type A. a, P. 8*b; b (Class A), P. 1 a, 11 b (Class A); c, P. 6b
1 Op. at., p. 36.
along the front and then turns in at a right angle enclosing an inner court'. The tower
itself, which stands for ' palace', is represented in its complete form as of two stories,
and Mr. Griffith! has suggested with great probability that the diagonal line, correspond-
ing to that of the Cretan sign, marks the direction of the staircase to the roof.
It is noteworthy that on the seal-impression (P. 71 a. 1) this sign is associated with
what seems to be the ' bee' sign, which in Egypt was an emblem of royalty. On
P. 46 c we see it grouped with the sacred double axe, and in this case, and again on
P. 6 a, it is brought into connexion with the facing head of a horned animal, perhaps
a bucranium.
It seems as if in this instance we had a clear example of Cretan character taken
over from the Egyptian series.
\r < IT*
42. a, P. io4c(cf. P. 104 b); b, P. 87 a; c, P. 84 a.
An angle, perhaps of a building. It occurs on the two faces of the clay bar P. 104,
in one case in association with the double axe, arrow and double spray (No. 101 e,f).
Type b, which occurs on P. 87 a, seems to be a variant of the same sign. It is grouped
with the enigmatic sign No. 116. Type c, again, appears in association with the
double axe.
Compare the Egyptian [p knb = an angle. The ' angle' also occurs on the
Phaestos Disk.
ft ft
43. a, P. 83 a; b, P. 107 b.
Hut on piles, probably a storehouse. This sign occurs in both cases in the same
group, associated with an ox-head and the spray No. 101, perhaps olive.
""fuel.*] *"■• ^fci.<fl ' aam
8, El, b, D.fl.
44. Type A. a, P. 8*b; b (Class A), P. 1 a, 11 b (Class A); c, P. 6b
1 Op. at., p. 36.