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3i(5 CONCH-SHELLS ON 'PALACE STYLE' VASES
phenomenon. A 'Kylix'from a L. M. Ill tomb at Mycenae reproduces
the 'two Cs'.1
Marine Motives of ' Palace Style': Whorl-shells: probably Tritons.
Whorl- The earliest of the ' Palace Style' amphoras depicting octopods, that
namely reproduced in Fig. 240, presents, on the left shoulder by the handle
as there seen, a whorl-shell of fairly
naturalistic aspect, which in its general
appearance belongs to the same artistic
phase as those associated with the
'marine' style of L. M. lb. This in
itself is an interesting equation, since
it affords an indication, confirmed by
other evidence, that the earliest phase
of the ' Palace Style' vessels really
overlapped the mature stage of L. M. I b.
Triton The prickly projections round the
US Wfill [IS
Mtirex. lowest whorl in this case at once suggest
a murex, which undoubtedly played a
part in the creation of some of the shells Fig. 253. Fragment ok 'Amphora'
, T . . , showing Whorl-shell—probably Iri-
represented. In certain forms, how-. T0R w'est Palace Border, Knossos.
ever—such as Fig. 253—without the
prickles, it is impossible to doubt that the conch or triton shell, used for the
summoning of the divinity on the occasion of sacrifice, was there intended.
In Fig. 257 below we recognize it in actual association with the Double Axe.
The intermediate type illustrated by the Knossian amphora fragment
(Fig. 253) itself supplies a link with others of a purely decorative class.
In Fig. 254, «, b, consisting of a section of the shoulders and upright
collar of a L. M. II jug and the side of a bowl, the mouth of one whorl-shell
is linked on to the apex of another.
Later In the linked arrangement of the whorl-shell motive, as seen in Fig.
ofwho'rl- -54> a and the parallel example from a bowl, Fig. 254, b, we must certainly
shells. recognize an assimilation to a decorative scheme of very ancient origin in
In_ , Crete. It substantially reproduces the combination of the S-scrolls with a
flueneed .
by'ten- 'tendril ornament that already appears on seals of the Second Early
oma- Minoan Period, and subsequently plays an important part both in ceramic
ment of designs of the finest polychrome style and in the eold embossed plates of
early .
jewellery. Minoan goldsmiths, such as were found in the Mycenae Shaft Graves.2
1 See Pt. II, p. 74S. - P. of M., ii, Pt. I, pp. 195, 196, and Fig. 105.
phenomenon. A 'Kylix'from a L. M. Ill tomb at Mycenae reproduces
the 'two Cs'.1
Marine Motives of ' Palace Style': Whorl-shells: probably Tritons.
Whorl- The earliest of the ' Palace Style' amphoras depicting octopods, that
namely reproduced in Fig. 240, presents, on the left shoulder by the handle
as there seen, a whorl-shell of fairly
naturalistic aspect, which in its general
appearance belongs to the same artistic
phase as those associated with the
'marine' style of L. M. lb. This in
itself is an interesting equation, since
it affords an indication, confirmed by
other evidence, that the earliest phase
of the ' Palace Style' vessels really
overlapped the mature stage of L. M. I b.
Triton The prickly projections round the
US Wfill [IS
Mtirex. lowest whorl in this case at once suggest
a murex, which undoubtedly played a
part in the creation of some of the shells Fig. 253. Fragment ok 'Amphora'
, T . . , showing Whorl-shell—probably Iri-
represented. In certain forms, how-. T0R w'est Palace Border, Knossos.
ever—such as Fig. 253—without the
prickles, it is impossible to doubt that the conch or triton shell, used for the
summoning of the divinity on the occasion of sacrifice, was there intended.
In Fig. 257 below we recognize it in actual association with the Double Axe.
The intermediate type illustrated by the Knossian amphora fragment
(Fig. 253) itself supplies a link with others of a purely decorative class.
In Fig. 254, «, b, consisting of a section of the shoulders and upright
collar of a L. M. II jug and the side of a bowl, the mouth of one whorl-shell
is linked on to the apex of another.
Later In the linked arrangement of the whorl-shell motive, as seen in Fig.
ofwho'rl- -54> a and the parallel example from a bowl, Fig. 254, b, we must certainly
shells. recognize an assimilation to a decorative scheme of very ancient origin in
In_ , Crete. It substantially reproduces the combination of the S-scrolls with a
flueneed .
by'ten- 'tendril ornament that already appears on seals of the Second Early
oma- Minoan Period, and subsequently plays an important part both in ceramic
ment of designs of the finest polychrome style and in the eold embossed plates of
early .
jewellery. Minoan goldsmiths, such as were found in the Mycenae Shaft Graves.2
1 See Pt. II, p. 74S. - P. of M., ii, Pt. I, pp. 195, 196, and Fig. 105.