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Evans, Arthur J.
The Palace of Minos: a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustred by the discoveries at Knossos (Band 1): The Neolithic and Early and Middle Minoan Ages — London, 1921

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THE PALACE OF MINOS ETC.

seals may be referred to the present time. They mark their owners'
Potters' vocation and often present amuletic signs. Subjects relating to the potter's
Seals. craft are frequent on these. In Fig. 93 a, a 1, a diminutive man is moulding

L PRIS/A SENl-Cthru Fig. 93a. Three-sided Bead-Seals. «,^Grey

sided) vjithHicro^lyphs Steatite : c, Brown Steatite (Face 2, Two Pots

Fig. 92. Table showing Derivation of Cretan !cn °™"'>J> cruciform Pattern): 4 Yellow

'Double Sickle' Types from Reversed Lion Types Steatite (Face 2, Bull s Head; 3, Two Fore-

of ' Egypto-Libyan ' Button-Seals ($). ?a*tc of dogs)- All from Kasteli Pedeada,

V3/ S.E. of Knossos (f).

a large jar with handles above and below—the earliest record of a Cretan
pithos, though a parallel Cycladic type is known. In b 2 a pot is apparently
being taken out of an oven. The table-like object on Fig. 93 a, a 2 with its
 
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