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THE PALACE OF MINOS, ETC.
what appears to be the same fish will be illustrated in connexion with the
Deposit of Ivories in the Domestic Quarter.1 In Fig. 499 is seen a lively repre-
sentation of a flying fish—^\t.8ov6y\rapov—in a style so closely approaching that
of the faience reliefs of the Temple Repository and the Melian Fresco, that it
is impossible not to regard it as a contemporary work, though the gem itself,
a cornelian amygdaloid, was said to have been found on the Mainland side.2
Reposi- The most precise evidence for the dating of the intaglio types of this
Hoard of epoch is supplied by the hoard of clay seal-impressions found in the
Seaiings W. Temple Repository. Altogether over a hundred and sixty of these were
Unique discovered presenting some fifty varieties of designs. The clay nodules on
logica°~ which these were impressed showed the remains of carbonized strings or
value for threads, which had run through them and by which they had originally been
M. M. ill . .
types' attached to documents on perishable materials—perhaps parchment, or even
papyrus. The associated clay tablets, belonging to the earliest phase of the
Linear Class A, sufficiently inform us of the character of the script employed
on these lost documents.
The designs here exhibited give us an invaluable insight into the seal-
types current during the closing phase of M. M. Ill, though, as signets
and engraved gems are of durable materials, it is always possible that one or
other type may go back to a somewhat earlier time. The hieroglyphic
class of seal of the earlier part of the Middle Minoan Age is, however,
entirely unrepresented in this hoard.
Contem- The definite chronological limits, at least in the lower direction, here laid
Hoard of clown afford a secure basis for classifying a considerable series of parallel
types presented by the hoards of seaiings found at Zakro and Hagia Triada
under less strict chronological conditions.
The hoard of seaiings discovered by Mr. Hogarth in a house ex-
cavated by him at Lower Zakro in Eastern Crete, consisted of some five
hundred clay nodules bearing impressions of seals and signet rings.3 These
impressions, two or more of which sometimes occurred on the same nodule,
included 144 varieties of type. The house itself (a), in which these
seaiings were found, contained some elements, such as a painted rhyton
with marine subjects,4 belonging to the fully developed L. M. I phase. But
the great majority of the seal-types represented seem to go back beyond the
limits of the Late Minoan Age.
1 See Vol. II. 3 Hogarth, The Zakro Seaiings (J. H. S.,
2 It was purchased by me in Athens in 1896 xxii, 1902, p. 76 seqq.).
and was said to have been found at Klitara in 4 Hogarth, Bronze Age Vases from Zakro
Arcadia. (/ H. S., xxii, PI. XII. 1, and p. 333).
THE PALACE OF MINOS, ETC.
what appears to be the same fish will be illustrated in connexion with the
Deposit of Ivories in the Domestic Quarter.1 In Fig. 499 is seen a lively repre-
sentation of a flying fish—^\t.8ov6y\rapov—in a style so closely approaching that
of the faience reliefs of the Temple Repository and the Melian Fresco, that it
is impossible not to regard it as a contemporary work, though the gem itself,
a cornelian amygdaloid, was said to have been found on the Mainland side.2
Reposi- The most precise evidence for the dating of the intaglio types of this
Hoard of epoch is supplied by the hoard of clay seal-impressions found in the
Seaiings W. Temple Repository. Altogether over a hundred and sixty of these were
Unique discovered presenting some fifty varieties of designs. The clay nodules on
logica°~ which these were impressed showed the remains of carbonized strings or
value for threads, which had run through them and by which they had originally been
M. M. ill . .
types' attached to documents on perishable materials—perhaps parchment, or even
papyrus. The associated clay tablets, belonging to the earliest phase of the
Linear Class A, sufficiently inform us of the character of the script employed
on these lost documents.
The designs here exhibited give us an invaluable insight into the seal-
types current during the closing phase of M. M. Ill, though, as signets
and engraved gems are of durable materials, it is always possible that one or
other type may go back to a somewhat earlier time. The hieroglyphic
class of seal of the earlier part of the Middle Minoan Age is, however,
entirely unrepresented in this hoard.
Contem- The definite chronological limits, at least in the lower direction, here laid
Hoard of clown afford a secure basis for classifying a considerable series of parallel
types presented by the hoards of seaiings found at Zakro and Hagia Triada
under less strict chronological conditions.
The hoard of seaiings discovered by Mr. Hogarth in a house ex-
cavated by him at Lower Zakro in Eastern Crete, consisted of some five
hundred clay nodules bearing impressions of seals and signet rings.3 These
impressions, two or more of which sometimes occurred on the same nodule,
included 144 varieties of type. The house itself (a), in which these
seaiings were found, contained some elements, such as a painted rhyton
with marine subjects,4 belonging to the fully developed L. M. I phase. But
the great majority of the seal-types represented seem to go back beyond the
limits of the Late Minoan Age.
1 See Vol. II. 3 Hogarth, The Zakro Seaiings (J. H. S.,
2 It was purchased by me in Athens in 1896 xxii, 1902, p. 76 seqq.).
and was said to have been found at Klitara in 4 Hogarth, Bronze Age Vases from Zakro
Arcadia. (/ H. S., xxii, PI. XII. 1, and p. 333).