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TRIPLE GROUP OF DATE-PALMS AND DERIVATIVES 495
of Amenhotep IV,1 c. 1380 B.C., as well as a scarab of his mother, Queen
Tyi. In this case the palm-trees are somewhat incongruously associated with
goats.2
Fig. 300. Gold Mouthpiece with Repousse Design of Date-palms.
A feature, common from the beginning to the ceramic types showing this
palm-tree group, is the exaggerated curves of the lower
branches which more resemble those of the petals of
a lily and, in derivative types, obscure their true arboreal
source. In this recurved shape we must certainly trace
the reaction of an ornamented fleur-de-lis motive already
evolved by vase-painters and of which a good example is
given in the inset from a fine polychrome pot belonging
to the earlier M. M. II phase.3
It is not only in the reminiscences of the triple Grass-like
grouping that the later palm types on vases, as seen
in the Comparative Table (Fig. 301, d, k, f), agree
11 prototypes.
excres-
cences on
later
types
The curious erass-like excrescences that traced to
o
with the M. M
appear on either side of the upper part of the palm-tree and that also
accompany its degenerate offshoots, as seen on certain later types of Main-
land pottery (Fig. 301, G, h, j, k), find their explanation in a special feature
visible in the prototypes, a and B. This is the inflorescence that characterizes
the date-palm, and, in order to make the connexion more clear, I have intro-
duced the ideal form, c, to supply a link of transition in the considerable
gap that at present exists between the M. M. Ill a form B and the L. M. I b
inflores-
cence of
date-
palm.
1 See on this, H. R. Hall in F. Poulsen, Zur
Zeitbeslimmung der Eiikomifunde, Jahrb. d. D.
Arch. Inst., xxvi (1911), p. 221. A silver ring
found in this grave gives the titles of Amen-
hotep IV when he was still orthodox.
2 On Minora and Mycenaean gems palm-
trees also occasionally appear in association
with goats. Bulls and lions, however, are
more frequent in this connexion.
3 P. ofM., i, opp. p. 247, Coloured Plate III
(left).
of Amenhotep IV,1 c. 1380 B.C., as well as a scarab of his mother, Queen
Tyi. In this case the palm-trees are somewhat incongruously associated with
goats.2
Fig. 300. Gold Mouthpiece with Repousse Design of Date-palms.
A feature, common from the beginning to the ceramic types showing this
palm-tree group, is the exaggerated curves of the lower
branches which more resemble those of the petals of
a lily and, in derivative types, obscure their true arboreal
source. In this recurved shape we must certainly trace
the reaction of an ornamented fleur-de-lis motive already
evolved by vase-painters and of which a good example is
given in the inset from a fine polychrome pot belonging
to the earlier M. M. II phase.3
It is not only in the reminiscences of the triple Grass-like
grouping that the later palm types on vases, as seen
in the Comparative Table (Fig. 301, d, k, f), agree
11 prototypes.
excres-
cences on
later
types
The curious erass-like excrescences that traced to
o
with the M. M
appear on either side of the upper part of the palm-tree and that also
accompany its degenerate offshoots, as seen on certain later types of Main-
land pottery (Fig. 301, G, h, j, k), find their explanation in a special feature
visible in the prototypes, a and B. This is the inflorescence that characterizes
the date-palm, and, in order to make the connexion more clear, I have intro-
duced the ideal form, c, to supply a link of transition in the considerable
gap that at present exists between the M. M. Ill a form B and the L. M. I b
inflores-
cence of
date-
palm.
1 See on this, H. R. Hall in F. Poulsen, Zur
Zeitbeslimmung der Eiikomifunde, Jahrb. d. D.
Arch. Inst., xxvi (1911), p. 221. A silver ring
found in this grave gives the titles of Amen-
hotep IV when he was still orthodox.
2 On Minora and Mycenaean gems palm-
trees also occasionally appear in association
with goats. Bulls and lions, however, are
more frequent in this connexion.
3 P. ofM., i, opp. p. 247, Coloured Plate III
(left).