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ANALYTICAL INDEX
Survival of old stock at Praesos and Polichm
Eteocretan inscriptions in Greek letters .
Praesian tradition.....
Surviving records of old Cretan script
Memorial festival of old stock near Knossos
Knossian account of invention of letters .
§ 13. Was the Discovery of the Minoan
Writing anticipated by Classical An-
tiquity ?
Classical records of discoveries of prehistoric
inscriptions.......106
Inscribed tablet found in tomb of Alkmeiie . 107
PAGE
Absence of Minoan records on metal explained 107
Egypto-Hittite treaty on silver plate . . 107
Was the discovery of the Knossian tablets
anticipated?....... 108
Dictys Cretensis's Chronicle of the Trojan War 108
Greek original of Dictys's work . . ; 108
Alleged discovery of inscribed tablets at
Knossos....... 109
The unknown script interpreted as Dictys's
Chronicle....... 109
Story probably based on real exposure of cist
containing tablets through earthquake at
Knossos....... 109
Lead-lined cists confused with ' chests of tin' . no
THE HIEROGLYPHIC OR CONVENTIONALIZED PICTOGRAPHIC SCRIPT OF
CRETE, WITH ITS ANTECEDENTS AND AFFINITIES
. Primitive Linear Signs and Figures:
Primitive picture-writing ....
Summary linear figures ....
Linearized pictographs of the Reindeer Period
Linear signs of arbitrary origin
Examples from Phylakopi
Linearized pictographs ....
Alphabetiform signs of great antiquity
These primitive linear signs, nevertheless, in-
sufficient to generate a system of script
Their sporadic currency and variant derivation
Advanced scripts evolved out of convention-
alized pictography.....
Derivation of new family of linear signs from
hieroglyphic in Egypt ....
These linear signs occasionally nearer :
primitive pictographic types .
Survival of earlier class of linear signs in Egypt
' Craftsman's signs' in Egypt and Crete .
Primitive linear signs in Crete .
On rude pendants, bead-seals, and whorls
Material for seals, &c, supplied by soapstone
or steatite beds existing in Crete .
Deposit of Hagios Onuphrios .
Whorl engraved with linear signs from Hagios
Onuphrios.......
§ 2. Protodynastic Egyptian and Egypto-
Libyan Influences on Cretan Seal-
stones :
Pictorial development on seals . . .118
The 'primitive pictographic' class . . .118
Seals from the early Cretan ossuary tholi . 119
Characteristic contents of early Minoan os-
suaries ........119
' Idols' of Proto-Egyptian type . . . 119
' Leg' amulets like those of Sixth Dynasty . 119
Monkey pendant and ivories .... 120
Hagios Onuphrios remains belong to same
group........120
Seal types of early ossuaries . . . .120
First appearance of prism-seals . . .120
Egypto-Libyan connexions supply a chrono-
logical terminus a quo.....121
Egyptian cylinder seals . . . . . 121
Connexion with the Delta . . . .121
Class of cylinders presenting non-Egyptian
elements.......122
Their ' Egypto-Libyan' character . . .122
Cylinders from Egypt.....122
Egyptian prism-seal......123
Egypto-Libyan parallels on Minoan seals . 123
Chronological data . . ... .124
ANALYTICAL INDEX
Survival of old stock at Praesos and Polichm
Eteocretan inscriptions in Greek letters .
Praesian tradition.....
Surviving records of old Cretan script
Memorial festival of old stock near Knossos
Knossian account of invention of letters .
§ 13. Was the Discovery of the Minoan
Writing anticipated by Classical An-
tiquity ?
Classical records of discoveries of prehistoric
inscriptions.......106
Inscribed tablet found in tomb of Alkmeiie . 107
PAGE
Absence of Minoan records on metal explained 107
Egypto-Hittite treaty on silver plate . . 107
Was the discovery of the Knossian tablets
anticipated?....... 108
Dictys Cretensis's Chronicle of the Trojan War 108
Greek original of Dictys's work . . ; 108
Alleged discovery of inscribed tablets at
Knossos....... 109
The unknown script interpreted as Dictys's
Chronicle....... 109
Story probably based on real exposure of cist
containing tablets through earthquake at
Knossos....... 109
Lead-lined cists confused with ' chests of tin' . no
THE HIEROGLYPHIC OR CONVENTIONALIZED PICTOGRAPHIC SCRIPT OF
CRETE, WITH ITS ANTECEDENTS AND AFFINITIES
. Primitive Linear Signs and Figures:
Primitive picture-writing ....
Summary linear figures ....
Linearized pictographs of the Reindeer Period
Linear signs of arbitrary origin
Examples from Phylakopi
Linearized pictographs ....
Alphabetiform signs of great antiquity
These primitive linear signs, nevertheless, in-
sufficient to generate a system of script
Their sporadic currency and variant derivation
Advanced scripts evolved out of convention-
alized pictography.....
Derivation of new family of linear signs from
hieroglyphic in Egypt ....
These linear signs occasionally nearer :
primitive pictographic types .
Survival of earlier class of linear signs in Egypt
' Craftsman's signs' in Egypt and Crete .
Primitive linear signs in Crete .
On rude pendants, bead-seals, and whorls
Material for seals, &c, supplied by soapstone
or steatite beds existing in Crete .
Deposit of Hagios Onuphrios .
Whorl engraved with linear signs from Hagios
Onuphrios.......
§ 2. Protodynastic Egyptian and Egypto-
Libyan Influences on Cretan Seal-
stones :
Pictorial development on seals . . .118
The 'primitive pictographic' class . . .118
Seals from the early Cretan ossuary tholi . 119
Characteristic contents of early Minoan os-
suaries ........119
' Idols' of Proto-Egyptian type . . . 119
' Leg' amulets like those of Sixth Dynasty . 119
Monkey pendant and ivories .... 120
Hagios Onuphrios remains belong to same
group........120
Seal types of early ossuaries . . . .120
First appearance of prism-seals . . .120
Egypto-Libyan connexions supply a chrono-
logical terminus a quo.....121
Egyptian cylinder seals . . . . . 121
Connexion with the Delta . . . .121
Class of cylinders presenting non-Egyptian
elements.......122
Their ' Egypto-Libyan' character . . .122
Cylinders from Egypt.....122
Egyptian prism-seal......123
Egypto-Libyan parallels on Minoan seals . 123
Chronological data . . ... .124