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 4,2): Camp-stool Fresco, long-robed priests and beneficent genii [...] (London, 1935)

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VOL. IV, TART II

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§ ioo. The ' Camp-Stool' Fresco of the North-West Sanctuary Hall
and the Evidences of a Sacramental Class of Pedestal
Goblets............379

North-West Sanctuary Hall; 'Camp-Stool Fresco connected with it; Fragmentary
condition of remains; Evidence of double bands; Alternating colours of fields;
Elements of restoration; Seated figures on folding-chairs, others standing; 'La
J?arisie?inei; ' Sacral Knots'and wing like excrescences; Short-sleeved Jackets of
both sexes; long robes; 'Young Minotaur' on similar 'Camp Stool'; Goddess
similarly seated; Evidence of gloves ; Confronted sitting figures —passing of ' Loving
Cups'; Sacramental character; Juice of Sacred Tree a source of Possession ; Silver
goblet; Gold chalice as restored—comparison of Mycenae chalice with Doves and
'Nestor's Cup'; Similar lalabastron'-like chalice held by Goddess on Tiryns ring;
Parallel form of basin filled by Minoan Genii; Restoration of part of painted stucco
design of seated Goddess, in this case, loo, probably receiving libations; Offertory
scenes on signet types compared; Clues to chronological place of 'Camp-Stool'
.Frescoes—probably L. M. I b.

§ 101. Long-robed Priestly and Royal Personages on Seals from
Knossos and Vapheio: Orientalizing Influences, through
Cyprus, on Cult of Dove Goddess—Syrian Axes . . . 397
'N.E. Sanctuary Hall' a Sacral College; Gaberdined costume due to Oriental
influences; Similar vestments seen in ' Palanquin Fresco'; Other ritual parallels;
Earlier representations of Priest-kings; Portraits on Hieroglyphic Sealings; The
'Priest-king' Relief and 'Young Prince'"of H'. Triada Cup; The latter wear
ordinary male apparel; Attire of Male divinity also normal, though later, Resheph
types show Syrian influence; Later version of Goddess in gaberdined guise, and
long-robed votaries; Seal types with long-robed personages, Priest-kings and princes
—from Knossos and Vapheio Tomb; Knossian seal depicting long-robed youthful
figure holding dove; Early associations of Minoan Goddess with dove—parallel
traditions of Anatolian and Cyprian Religion; Taken over by Semites; Partial
coalescence of Cyprian and Syrian Cult with Minoan—a Hittite cylinder from
Greece; Importance of Palestinian Dove Cult a Late Classical phenomenon; The
Rock Dove of Cretan Cave Sanctuaries; Priestly personage leading Griffin; Armed
male figures in similar long robes—personages holding single-bladed axes of Syro-
Egyptian type; Origin and evolution of this form of Axe; Not normal Oriental
type ; Syrian influence, through Cyprus ; Late example on Carthaginian .silver bowl;
Warrior Prince in chariot on Vapheio seal-stone; Seals of pre-Hellenic Priest-kings
of Spartan region—intimate connexion with Knossos.

§ 102. Discovery in the ' Initiatory Area' ok Lapjs-lazuli Cylinder
with early Chaldaean Connexions : the 'Nude Goddess' on
Cypro-Minoan Cylinder from Knossos district . . . 422

Syrianizing influences via Cyprus and Cilicia ; Syro-liittite Cylinders; Earlier traces
of Oriental influence from Chaldaean side; Go back to Sumerian Age; Lapis-Iazuli
Cylinder from Palace site—its earlier characteristics; Cypro-M'Jnoan Cylinders—
example from Knossos district; The 'Naked Goddess' on Cylinders—derived from
primitive ' Idols'; The Mother Goddess. .