ANALYTICAL INDEX
PART I
THE PRE-PHOENICIAN SCRIPTS OF CRETE. THEIR MEDITERRANEAN
RELATIONS AND PLACE IN MINOAN STORY
§ i. Antiquity and European Diffusion of the
Pictographs and Linear Signs:
Evidence of writing absent from Schliemann's
discoveries....... i
Signs on vase handles found by Tsuntas . . i
Negative conclusion of Perrot .... 2
Contrary presumptions..... 3
Universality of early picture-writing . . 3
Linearized signs already in Reindeer Period . 3
Survivals of pictography in far North . . 4
In Scandinavia....... 5
The Iberic Peninsula and N.Africa. . 5
Maritime Alps, &c....... 6
Extension to Danube Valley .... 6
Thrace and Asia Minor..... 6
Dacian and Trojan signs..... 6
Such signs linear ideographs, not syllables or
letters........ 7
Early Chaldaean picture-writing ... 7
Pictorial survivals in Hittite script ... 7
Advance shown by cuneiform and hieroglyphic
writing........ 7
Had Hittite system offshoots beyond Aegean ? 8
§ 2. Discovery of the Successive Types of
Minoan Writing:
Characters like Hittite on seal acquired in
Greece........ 8
Reasons for regarding these as indigenous . 9
Further examples from Crete .... 9
Existence of hieroglyphic system ascertained
in Crete........ 9
The author's explorations in the island in 1894 10
Result in discovery of linear as well as hiero-
glyphic script....... ro
' Milk-stones'....... 10
Further explorations, 1895, &c. . . .11
Primitive linear ideography in Crete . . 11
Inscribed whorl from deposit of H agios Onu-
phrios........ 12
'Early Minoan'ossuaries .... 12
Primitive pictographic bead-seals ... 12
Hieroglyphic'signets'..... 12
Early graffiti on vases in advanced Linear Script 12
Discovery of inscribed Libation Table in
Dictaean Cave Sanctuary . . . . 13
The Minoan Nature-Goddess and Infant Son . 13
Sacred stone or BAITYAOS of the cult . . 13
Table found in sacrificial stratum: originally
placed on BAITYAOS..... 13
Triple receptacle for libations .... 14
Inscription on Table in advanced linear
characters r of Class A..... 15
Probably a dedication ..... 16
Destruction of antiquities during massacre at
Candia in 189S...... 16
The exploration of Knossos facilitated by the
new regime in Crete..... 16
Preliminary indications . . ... .16
The hill of Kephala: signs on ancient blocks . 16
Enigmatic fragment...... 17
Excavation at Knossos..... 17
The Palace of Minos..... 17
Discovery of inscribed tablets .... 17
Evidences of successive types of script in
Knossian archives..... 18
Antiquity and duration of Art of Writing at
Knossos ....... 18
§ 3. The Hieroglyphic Archives of Knossos:
Early ' Middle Minoan ' Palace at Knossos . 19
Evidences in it of hieroglyphic writing . - 19
Seal-impressions illustrating its earliest type (A) 19
Important deposit of clay archives in West
Wing, in more advanced hieroglyphic style
(type B) ....... 19
Chronological indications..... J9
Earliest period of West Wing mainly ' Middle
Minoan III'....... r9
Hieroglyphic deposit belongs to this period . 20
PART I
THE PRE-PHOENICIAN SCRIPTS OF CRETE. THEIR MEDITERRANEAN
RELATIONS AND PLACE IN MINOAN STORY
§ i. Antiquity and European Diffusion of the
Pictographs and Linear Signs:
Evidence of writing absent from Schliemann's
discoveries....... i
Signs on vase handles found by Tsuntas . . i
Negative conclusion of Perrot .... 2
Contrary presumptions..... 3
Universality of early picture-writing . . 3
Linearized signs already in Reindeer Period . 3
Survivals of pictography in far North . . 4
In Scandinavia....... 5
The Iberic Peninsula and N.Africa. . 5
Maritime Alps, &c....... 6
Extension to Danube Valley .... 6
Thrace and Asia Minor..... 6
Dacian and Trojan signs..... 6
Such signs linear ideographs, not syllables or
letters........ 7
Early Chaldaean picture-writing ... 7
Pictorial survivals in Hittite script ... 7
Advance shown by cuneiform and hieroglyphic
writing........ 7
Had Hittite system offshoots beyond Aegean ? 8
§ 2. Discovery of the Successive Types of
Minoan Writing:
Characters like Hittite on seal acquired in
Greece........ 8
Reasons for regarding these as indigenous . 9
Further examples from Crete .... 9
Existence of hieroglyphic system ascertained
in Crete........ 9
The author's explorations in the island in 1894 10
Result in discovery of linear as well as hiero-
glyphic script....... ro
' Milk-stones'....... 10
Further explorations, 1895, &c. . . .11
Primitive linear ideography in Crete . . 11
Inscribed whorl from deposit of H agios Onu-
phrios........ 12
'Early Minoan'ossuaries .... 12
Primitive pictographic bead-seals ... 12
Hieroglyphic'signets'..... 12
Early graffiti on vases in advanced Linear Script 12
Discovery of inscribed Libation Table in
Dictaean Cave Sanctuary . . . . 13
The Minoan Nature-Goddess and Infant Son . 13
Sacred stone or BAITYAOS of the cult . . 13
Table found in sacrificial stratum: originally
placed on BAITYAOS..... 13
Triple receptacle for libations .... 14
Inscription on Table in advanced linear
characters r of Class A..... 15
Probably a dedication ..... 16
Destruction of antiquities during massacre at
Candia in 189S...... 16
The exploration of Knossos facilitated by the
new regime in Crete..... 16
Preliminary indications . . ... .16
The hill of Kephala: signs on ancient blocks . 16
Enigmatic fragment...... 17
Excavation at Knossos..... 17
The Palace of Minos..... 17
Discovery of inscribed tablets .... 17
Evidences of successive types of script in
Knossian archives..... 18
Antiquity and duration of Art of Writing at
Knossos ....... 18
§ 3. The Hieroglyphic Archives of Knossos:
Early ' Middle Minoan ' Palace at Knossos . 19
Evidences in it of hieroglyphic writing . - 19
Seal-impressions illustrating its earliest type (A) 19
Important deposit of clay archives in West
Wing, in more advanced hieroglyphic style
(type B) ....... 19
Chronological indications..... J9
Earliest period of West Wing mainly ' Middle
Minoan III'....... r9
Hieroglyphic deposit belongs to this period . 20