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CONTENTS
various attributes; Youthful male adorants—fine bronze example; Adorants on
signets; Armed youthful male figure grouped with Goddess; Adult warrior God
exceptional till latest Minoan epoch—figures of Resheph ; Mourning scene for
youthful warrior God on Minoan signet; Minoan Goddess, resurgent as Gaia; Un-
armed boy-God—Oriental parallels; Minoan versions of Mother and Child ; Terra-
cotta idol from Knossian tomb; Adoration scene on Thisbe signet; Goddess with
child on lap, holding cymbals; Adorant warriors bearing gifts ; Reeds borne, as in
honour of Cybele; Metal vessels as offerings'; Adoration of Magi compared—
Christian version on ring-stone; Thammuz at Bethlehem.
Supplement to Section 87. Late Minoan and Mycenaean images of the Syrian Lightning-
God Resheph : with Syrian and Hittite comparisons . ..... 477
§88. Great 'East Hall' resuscitated.......481
Main approach to lower halls of' Domestic Quarter' from above : its ground floor
ihepiano nobik; Somewhat lesser height of upper stories; the fourth landing, below
level of Central Court; Flight of Stairs thence to roof terrace ; Architectural analogies
with West side of Court; Evidences of great ' East Hall'; Correspondence with
ground-plan of earlier ' East Hall' basements ; These choked by Earthquake and
subsequently filled in; M. M. Ilia relics of earlier Hall—including 'Ladies in
Blue' fresco; Earlier East Hall narrower with lateral light-area ; Break between
M. M. Ill plan and M. M. II structures; Important relics found in Loom Weight
area—M. M. II b; Restored plan of later ' East Hall'; Blocked doorway of filled-in
Magazines; Earlier Hall approached by descending steps; New Hall and adjoining
East facade in harmony with later facade West of Court; ' Stepped Porch' balanced
by Stepped Portico of new 'East Hall'; Striking correspondence in levels and
espacement with structures West of Court; Agreement between Steps of ' East Hall'
and those of ' Stepped Porch '; Position of Columns in Portico ; Lateral openings
to landing : Doorways of East Hall; Central light-area of Hall evidenced by drain-
head—course of drain to blind well; M. M. Ilia conduit re-adapted for later Hall;
Evidence of use to L. M. II; Square central peristyle of later East Hall; Interior
section, with side doors ; Parallelism with plan of Mainland ' Megaron ', but this Hall
not isolated; Painted plaster high reliefs precipitated from Walls ; Fragments thrown
down at time of final Catastrophe; High reliefs, executed in the great Transitional
Age, preserved on Walls to the last.
§ 89. The Painted High Reliefs from East Hall ; and Bronze
Locks of Hair from Gigantesque Female Image . . . 497
Agonistic and acrobatic character of High Reliefs ; Fragment from group of two
wrestlers—Sir W. Richmond's technical appreciation; Boxing bouts and hand-to-
hand encounters in Minoan Art; Upper arm—attributed to fallen pugilist; Com-
parison with small relief of H. Triada 'rhyton'; Forearm of boxer; Forearm of
Taureador, with clenched fist—Sir W. Richmond on this ; Hand with careful render-
ing of veins ; Leg seen from back, perhaps of pugilist; Calf in profile and ankle ring;
Female breasts—probably of Taureador; Fragments of frieze with opposed Griffins
tethered to Columns; Palm Columns; Cornice with triple gradation beneath Griffin
Frieze ; Opposed Griffins compared with signet-type ; Column here baetylic form of
divinity; Oriental origin of such ' antithetic' schemes; Frequency of opposed animal
types in Late Minoan Art; High reliefs probably on walls of back Section of Hall;
Double tiers of reliefs ; Griffin Friezes along side walls in narrower porticoes ; High
reliefs evolved from lower; Gypsum reliefs at Mycenae—by Minoan hand; Con-
current progress of works in the round; Hand of stone figure, half natural size;
Life-sized female head in painted stucco, from Mycenae ; Influence of wood carving
visible in head ; Discovery of large bronze locks of hair in carbonized deposit by N.
wall of East Hall; Belong to wooden figure of gigantic proportions; Female sex
indicated ; The ' Xoana' of Daedalos ; A gigantesque cult image of Minoan Goddess
Probable place, in back Section of Hall.
various attributes; Youthful male adorants—fine bronze example; Adorants on
signets; Armed youthful male figure grouped with Goddess; Adult warrior God
exceptional till latest Minoan epoch—figures of Resheph ; Mourning scene for
youthful warrior God on Minoan signet; Minoan Goddess, resurgent as Gaia; Un-
armed boy-God—Oriental parallels; Minoan versions of Mother and Child ; Terra-
cotta idol from Knossian tomb; Adoration scene on Thisbe signet; Goddess with
child on lap, holding cymbals; Adorant warriors bearing gifts ; Reeds borne, as in
honour of Cybele; Metal vessels as offerings'; Adoration of Magi compared—
Christian version on ring-stone; Thammuz at Bethlehem.
Supplement to Section 87. Late Minoan and Mycenaean images of the Syrian Lightning-
God Resheph : with Syrian and Hittite comparisons . ..... 477
§88. Great 'East Hall' resuscitated.......481
Main approach to lower halls of' Domestic Quarter' from above : its ground floor
ihepiano nobik; Somewhat lesser height of upper stories; the fourth landing, below
level of Central Court; Flight of Stairs thence to roof terrace ; Architectural analogies
with West side of Court; Evidences of great ' East Hall'; Correspondence with
ground-plan of earlier ' East Hall' basements ; These choked by Earthquake and
subsequently filled in; M. M. Ilia relics of earlier Hall—including 'Ladies in
Blue' fresco; Earlier East Hall narrower with lateral light-area ; Break between
M. M. Ill plan and M. M. II structures; Important relics found in Loom Weight
area—M. M. II b; Restored plan of later ' East Hall'; Blocked doorway of filled-in
Magazines; Earlier Hall approached by descending steps; New Hall and adjoining
East facade in harmony with later facade West of Court; ' Stepped Porch' balanced
by Stepped Portico of new 'East Hall'; Striking correspondence in levels and
espacement with structures West of Court; Agreement between Steps of ' East Hall'
and those of ' Stepped Porch '; Position of Columns in Portico ; Lateral openings
to landing : Doorways of East Hall; Central light-area of Hall evidenced by drain-
head—course of drain to blind well; M. M. Ilia conduit re-adapted for later Hall;
Evidence of use to L. M. II; Square central peristyle of later East Hall; Interior
section, with side doors ; Parallelism with plan of Mainland ' Megaron ', but this Hall
not isolated; Painted plaster high reliefs precipitated from Walls ; Fragments thrown
down at time of final Catastrophe; High reliefs, executed in the great Transitional
Age, preserved on Walls to the last.
§ 89. The Painted High Reliefs from East Hall ; and Bronze
Locks of Hair from Gigantesque Female Image . . . 497
Agonistic and acrobatic character of High Reliefs ; Fragment from group of two
wrestlers—Sir W. Richmond's technical appreciation; Boxing bouts and hand-to-
hand encounters in Minoan Art; Upper arm—attributed to fallen pugilist; Com-
parison with small relief of H. Triada 'rhyton'; Forearm of boxer; Forearm of
Taureador, with clenched fist—Sir W. Richmond on this ; Hand with careful render-
ing of veins ; Leg seen from back, perhaps of pugilist; Calf in profile and ankle ring;
Female breasts—probably of Taureador; Fragments of frieze with opposed Griffins
tethered to Columns; Palm Columns; Cornice with triple gradation beneath Griffin
Frieze ; Opposed Griffins compared with signet-type ; Column here baetylic form of
divinity; Oriental origin of such ' antithetic' schemes; Frequency of opposed animal
types in Late Minoan Art; High reliefs probably on walls of back Section of Hall;
Double tiers of reliefs ; Griffin Friezes along side walls in narrower porticoes ; High
reliefs evolved from lower; Gypsum reliefs at Mycenae—by Minoan hand; Con-
current progress of works in the round; Hand of stone figure, half natural size;
Life-sized female head in painted stucco, from Mycenae ; Influence of wood carving
visible in head ; Discovery of large bronze locks of hair in carbonized deposit by N.
wall of East Hall; Belong to wooden figure of gigantic proportions; Female sex
indicated ; The ' Xoana' of Daedalos ; A gigantesque cult image of Minoan Goddess
Probable place, in back Section of Hall.