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 2,2): Town houses in Knossos of the new era and restored West Palace Section (London, 1928)

MINOAN BRONZE EXAMPLE: STATIONARY BULLS 651

among the specimens of Minoan metallurgic art, and showing the highest
proficiency in the technique of bronze casting. It belongs to the acme of
Minoan art.

On the character of the sport itself more will be said in a succeeding Figurine
Section. Votive figurines in the shape of bronze bulls in a more or less tionary

Fig. 416. Minoan Bronze Figurine from Crete showing Acrobatic Figure on Bull.

stationary position abound in Cretan cave sanctuaries such as that of
Psychro, sometimes showing a certain extension of the fore and hind legs
that may be due to the suggestion of the galloping type. This standing
attitude is itself reproduced by a small figure of a bull, Fig. 413, b, above, on a
basket-work tray among the Minoan tributary gifts depicted on the walls
of the Tomb of Men-kheper'ra-senb, Inspector of the Treasure Houses
of Thothmes III and High Priest of Amon, who, as the son of Rekhmara,
was later in date than User-amon or Senmut.

The acrobatic bronze group (Fig. 416), which illustrates the highest
development of Cretan glyptic art, may best be referred to the closing
Middle Minoan phase, and the parallel figure depicted among the offer-
tory vessels in the User-amon Tomb clearly derives from the same cycle.

bull de-
picted in
Tomb of
Men-
kheper
'ra-senb.

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proto-
types of
tributary
gifts from
Keftiu.