ANALYTICAL INDEX
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But partial settlement of Greeks in late Minoan
times not excluded.....
Cypriote signs compared with Anatolian .
§ 10. Cretan Philistines and the Phoenician
Alphabet:
Minoan element in Philistine settlement •
Coincident appearance of Phoenician alphabet
Cherethim: Cretans.
Kaphtor and Keftiu.....
Date of Philistine conquests in Canaan .
Earlier evidences of Minoan commercial inter-
course there ....
Philistines in Canaan a civilizing Aegean
element......
Did they bring with them a Minoan script ?
Mission of Wen Anion to Dor c. iioob.c.
Literary traditions among Takkaras.
Did the Philistines contribute to formation of
Phoenician alphabet? .
Greek ' Phoinikes' Aegean ' Red Men'
Unexplained supersession of cuneiform writing
in Canaan ....
The South Semitic alphabets .
Relation of Sabaean and Minaean alphabets
to North Semitic .
Radical divergences
Both North and South Semitic forms go back
to common source.....
Philistine Gaza natural distributing point
Attempts to find source of Phoenician alphabet
cuneiform theory.....
Babylonian element in Phoenician letter-names
Phoenician order differs from Babylonian
De Rough's theory.....
Primitive linear signs in Canaan
Source of Phoenician letters more advanced
Is it to be found in the Minoan script? .
Un-Semitic names of letters
Tetk = the/a and the Minoan 'wheel' sign
Koph and the Minoan ' head' sign .
Presumptions in favour of pictorial origin
Antecedent stages of Phoenician letters sup-
plied by Minoan scripts
Names seen to correspond with origin
' House' signs— belh and daleth
'Gate' signs—hi and chltk
' Hand' signs—yod and kaph .
' Fish,* or ' Water-snake' ?—nun
' Eye' sign—'am ....
' Mouth' sign—-pe ....
The complementary Greek letters and
South Semitic analogies
their
Pictorial reconstruction of Phoenician letters
confirmed.......92
Necessary reservations.....93
Lacunas in the evidence.....93
Extent of correspondence between Phoenician
and Minoan forms...... 93
Advanced Minoan linear characters, word-signs
as well as syllables or letters ... 94
Such word-signs translated, or literally taken
over........94
Was there a Keft nucleus to Phoenicians ? . 94
§ 11. Minoan Contact with Egypt, Italy, and
Spain:
Indications of Aegean factories in Lower
Egypt .......
Diffusion of Late Minoan remains there .
Late Minoan traces in Italy and Sicily .
The Minoan tradition in Sicily.
Sardinia : ingots with Minoan signs.
Minoan connexions with Spain
Minoan origin of Iberic vase decoration .
Long persistence of Minoizing ceramic class
Minoan bronzes in Majorca and Spain . 97-;
Minoan influences on Iberic culture precede
Phoenician.......<
Iberic inscriptions on Minoizing pottery . . c
Elements of Iberic scripts neither Phoenician
nor Greek.......<
May we here too trace Minoan influence
99
§ 12. Survival of Minoan Elements in Crete
and the Tradition of the Native System
of Writing:
Depopulation of Crete on break up of sea-
power .......
Legendary expedition of Minos to Sicily .
Gradual transformation ....
Partial break of continuity at Knossos
Survivals of Minoan culture
' Sub-Mlnoan ' stage.....
'Sub-Minoan' remains at Erganos .
Inscribed clay disk from Erganos .
Eteocretan survival in East and West
Knossos and its abiding traditions .
Minos and Labyrinth ....
Surviving elements of older cult at Knossos . 103
Crete outside scope of Iliad .... 103
Dorian conquest gradual.....103
The Dorian adoption of Minos
Minoan traditions favour early revival in Crete 104
The Daedalid School ....
Did a knowledge of Minoan script survive ?
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297
But partial settlement of Greeks in late Minoan
times not excluded.....
Cypriote signs compared with Anatolian .
§ 10. Cretan Philistines and the Phoenician
Alphabet:
Minoan element in Philistine settlement •
Coincident appearance of Phoenician alphabet
Cherethim: Cretans.
Kaphtor and Keftiu.....
Date of Philistine conquests in Canaan .
Earlier evidences of Minoan commercial inter-
course there ....
Philistines in Canaan a civilizing Aegean
element......
Did they bring with them a Minoan script ?
Mission of Wen Anion to Dor c. iioob.c.
Literary traditions among Takkaras.
Did the Philistines contribute to formation of
Phoenician alphabet? .
Greek ' Phoinikes' Aegean ' Red Men'
Unexplained supersession of cuneiform writing
in Canaan ....
The South Semitic alphabets .
Relation of Sabaean and Minaean alphabets
to North Semitic .
Radical divergences
Both North and South Semitic forms go back
to common source.....
Philistine Gaza natural distributing point
Attempts to find source of Phoenician alphabet
cuneiform theory.....
Babylonian element in Phoenician letter-names
Phoenician order differs from Babylonian
De Rough's theory.....
Primitive linear signs in Canaan
Source of Phoenician letters more advanced
Is it to be found in the Minoan script? .
Un-Semitic names of letters
Tetk = the/a and the Minoan 'wheel' sign
Koph and the Minoan ' head' sign .
Presumptions in favour of pictorial origin
Antecedent stages of Phoenician letters sup-
plied by Minoan scripts
Names seen to correspond with origin
' House' signs— belh and daleth
'Gate' signs—hi and chltk
' Hand' signs—yod and kaph .
' Fish,* or ' Water-snake' ?—nun
' Eye' sign—'am ....
' Mouth' sign—-pe ....
The complementary Greek letters and
South Semitic analogies
their
Pictorial reconstruction of Phoenician letters
confirmed.......92
Necessary reservations.....93
Lacunas in the evidence.....93
Extent of correspondence between Phoenician
and Minoan forms...... 93
Advanced Minoan linear characters, word-signs
as well as syllables or letters ... 94
Such word-signs translated, or literally taken
over........94
Was there a Keft nucleus to Phoenicians ? . 94
§ 11. Minoan Contact with Egypt, Italy, and
Spain:
Indications of Aegean factories in Lower
Egypt .......
Diffusion of Late Minoan remains there .
Late Minoan traces in Italy and Sicily .
The Minoan tradition in Sicily.
Sardinia : ingots with Minoan signs.
Minoan connexions with Spain
Minoan origin of Iberic vase decoration .
Long persistence of Minoizing ceramic class
Minoan bronzes in Majorca and Spain . 97-;
Minoan influences on Iberic culture precede
Phoenician.......<
Iberic inscriptions on Minoizing pottery . . c
Elements of Iberic scripts neither Phoenician
nor Greek.......<
May we here too trace Minoan influence
99
§ 12. Survival of Minoan Elements in Crete
and the Tradition of the Native System
of Writing:
Depopulation of Crete on break up of sea-
power .......
Legendary expedition of Minos to Sicily .
Gradual transformation ....
Partial break of continuity at Knossos
Survivals of Minoan culture
' Sub-Mlnoan ' stage.....
'Sub-Minoan' remains at Erganos .
Inscribed clay disk from Erganos .
Eteocretan survival in East and West
Knossos and its abiding traditions .
Minos and Labyrinth ....
Surviving elements of older cult at Knossos . 103
Crete outside scope of Iliad .... 103
Dorian conquest gradual.....103
The Dorian adoption of Minos
Minoan traditions favour early revival in Crete 104
The Daedalid School ....
Did a knowledge of Minoan script survive ?
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