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REACTIONS ON MIDDLE EMPIRE EGYPT
Triple S
or ' Tri-
quetra'.
time. We see here not only this double conformity of the S-shaped scroll
and tendril, but similar triple and quadruple arrangements.
The triple grouping of the S-scrolls has already been illustrated in its
a b c
Early Minoan Seals, showing S-scrolls and Tendrils.
On M. M. II Polychrome Bowl.
On Gold Plate : Fifth Shaft Grave,
Mycenae.
/ g h
Gold Embossed Plates from Shaft Graves, Mycenae.
Fig. 105. Illustrations of S-scroll and Tendril Pattern: Crete and Mycenae.
bearing on the genesis of the early Maltese border pattern at Hal-Saflieni.1
Such ' triquetral' designs, in which simple hooks at times also play a part,
also go back to Early Minoan models (Fig. 106, /). These, too, are a very
, . * See above, p. 185, Fig. 95.
REACTIONS ON MIDDLE EMPIRE EGYPT
Triple S
or ' Tri-
quetra'.
time. We see here not only this double conformity of the S-shaped scroll
and tendril, but similar triple and quadruple arrangements.
The triple grouping of the S-scrolls has already been illustrated in its
a b c
Early Minoan Seals, showing S-scrolls and Tendrils.
On M. M. II Polychrome Bowl.
On Gold Plate : Fifth Shaft Grave,
Mycenae.
/ g h
Gold Embossed Plates from Shaft Graves, Mycenae.
Fig. 105. Illustrations of S-scroll and Tendril Pattern: Crete and Mycenae.
bearing on the genesis of the early Maltese border pattern at Hal-Saflieni.1
Such ' triquetral' designs, in which simple hooks at times also play a part,
also go back to Early Minoan models (Fig. 106, /). These, too, are a very
, . * See above, p. 185, Fig. 95.