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THE PALACE OF MINOS, ETC.
Con-
trasted
Linear Class B. Otherwise the hundreds, represented by circles, and
the units by short upright lines, conform to the system prevalent in both the
later classes. The total sum given on #=95 1, that on b = 240.
The tablet form of inscription, which was undoubtedly due to Syrian or
with Later Anatolian influence, had already existed, as we have seen, in the days of
Types. the Hieroglyphic Script,2 but the shape is wider in proportion to its
height. The later tablets of the Linear Class A, such as those from
Hagia Triada, though preserving as a rule the same form as Fig. 454, are
usually larger and often contain much fuller inscriptions. We shall also have
occasion to note in this connexion that a clay tablet of Class A, found
Tablets
from S.E.
Insula.
Fig. 454. Clay Tablet from Temple Repository
in association with the Phaestos Disk and M. M. Ill pottery,3 closely corre-
sponds in type with that from the Temple Repository. The tablets of
Class B, on the other hand, peculiar so far to the later Palace at Knossos,
show a greater variety of shape and a more considerable range in size. The
great mass of them are wide in proportion to their height, and nearly all of
them seem to have been simply dried in the sun.
Remains of two tablets of the same early class and form as that from
the Temple Repository occurred in a small gallery flanking the Sanctuary
area of the S.E. Insula (see Plan, Fig. 418 above). These were found
on the pavement, answering to the neighbouring M. M. III^ floors of
the bordering structures, and must therefore be also referred to the present
1 The copy of this inscription given in Minoa, I, PI. X, p. 120 (Knossos), and PI. XI,
Knossos, Report, 1903 (B.S.A., ix, p. 52) is p. 121 (Phaestos).
inaccurate in some particulars. 3 See below, p. 648, Fig. 480.
2 See above, p. 278, Fig. 209, and Scripta
THE PALACE OF MINOS, ETC.
Con-
trasted
Linear Class B. Otherwise the hundreds, represented by circles, and
the units by short upright lines, conform to the system prevalent in both the
later classes. The total sum given on #=95 1, that on b = 240.
The tablet form of inscription, which was undoubtedly due to Syrian or
with Later Anatolian influence, had already existed, as we have seen, in the days of
Types. the Hieroglyphic Script,2 but the shape is wider in proportion to its
height. The later tablets of the Linear Class A, such as those from
Hagia Triada, though preserving as a rule the same form as Fig. 454, are
usually larger and often contain much fuller inscriptions. We shall also have
occasion to note in this connexion that a clay tablet of Class A, found
Tablets
from S.E.
Insula.
Fig. 454. Clay Tablet from Temple Repository
in association with the Phaestos Disk and M. M. Ill pottery,3 closely corre-
sponds in type with that from the Temple Repository. The tablets of
Class B, on the other hand, peculiar so far to the later Palace at Knossos,
show a greater variety of shape and a more considerable range in size. The
great mass of them are wide in proportion to their height, and nearly all of
them seem to have been simply dried in the sun.
Remains of two tablets of the same early class and form as that from
the Temple Repository occurred in a small gallery flanking the Sanctuary
area of the S.E. Insula (see Plan, Fig. 418 above). These were found
on the pavement, answering to the neighbouring M. M. III^ floors of
the bordering structures, and must therefore be also referred to the present
1 The copy of this inscription given in Minoa, I, PI. X, p. 120 (Knossos), and PI. XI,
Knossos, Report, 1903 (B.S.A., ix, p. 52) is p. 121 (Phaestos).
inaccurate in some particulars. 3 See below, p. 648, Fig. 480.
2 See above, p. 278, Fig. 209, and Scripta