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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sketch of three water-fowl; Nilotic suggestions of water-fowl motives—later versions
contrasted; A typical lentoid bead-seal; Predominance of lentoid type from close
of L. M. 11>; Almond-shaped or ' amygdaloid ' bead-seals ; Transitional M. M. Ill—
L. M. I d examples'; Perspective view of fish; 'Talismanic'designs; 'Elongated'
amygdaloid bead-seals, their L:M. Vb-Xi. date; Cylinder form—Early Aegean
adaptation of Oriental type; Actual import of Babylonian cylinders in M. M. la;
but shape first copied in L. M. la; Haematite specimen from Ii. Pelagia, with
design of original Minoan composition ; Reaction of Syro-Hittite motives; ' Cypro-
Minoan ' class; Minotaur on cylinder from harbour-town of Knossos; 'Flattened
cylinder5 type—M. M. I a prototype from Platanos; M. M. II examples; Gold-
plated specimen from Palaikastro; Gold beads of this form with finely executed
intaglios ; Agate bead showing bull caught at cistern ; Chalcedony bead with
tumblers, from Knossos—their Libyan plumes; Tumbling figures on early Nilotic
cylinders, &c.; Compared with Minoan; Minoan tumbling in bull sports; Egyptian
female acrobats; Male tumblers of Iliad; Goat and dog on flat cylinder—an
illustration of Fable; Gold Signet-rings—evolved from Early Minoan bead-seals ;
Dramatic religious episodes presented by them; Occasional scenes of combat;
'Elongated' gold bead-seals from Thisbe tomb; Oedipus with Sphinx and with
Laios; Slaughter of Aegisthos and Klytemnestra by Orestes; Historical records at
the hands of Minoan artists.

§ ic6a. Indigenous Sphragistic Tradition: Lion and Bull Type- out-
growth of Dog and Wild-goat . . ■ . -'519

Sphragistic tradition indigenous to Crete; Early Nilotic and Egyptian prototypes at
times traceable; Primitive pictorial motives; Potters'seals—owner playing draughts;
Survival of type of seated rowers; Trussed wild-goats on pole—later version, trussed
lion; Hunting of Cretan Wild-goats—hound leaping on wild-goat; Hound seizing
stag's neck—Odysseus'brooch compared; Lion leaping on quarry—outgrowth of
the indigenous types ; First appearance of Lion on primitive Cretan seals under
Nilotic influences; Lion types in M.M. II of Mainland inspiration; Lions divine
guardians ; Lion seizing deer on Shaft Grave dagger blade; Fully developed scheme
of lion leaping on quarry—Thisbe" signet-ring ; Oriental group contrasted with
Minoan; Oriental scheme influenced by cylinder types—lion's hind-legs on ground;
Lion and bull on jasper weight from Tell-el-Amarria ; Exceptional Minoan groups
with lion's hind-legs on ground; Examples of traditional scheme where lion leaps
on victim's back—This scheme direct outgrowth of that of dog and Cretan goat;
Reaction of sphragistic motives on greater Art; Lion and bull on Minoan ivories—
Enkoini mirror handles; Minoan Colonial fabrics on Syrian and Cilician Coasts;
'Mino-Cilician'ceramic motive of lion and bull; Minoan influences on Assyrian
Art; Lion and bull on Beirut scarab; Cypriot Greek, Ionian, and Phoenician
versions; Coin-types; Early painted reliefs of Akropolis, Athens; Later Greek
versions, revival of Minoan type.

§ 106 b. Indigenous Sphragistic Tradition {continued) — Wounded

Quarry Type..........541

Wounded quarry types—talismanic value to hunters; Artistic designs succeed the
merely magical; Stricken calf trying to extract arrow; Similar types of wounded
lion; Scheme as applied to hounds ; Wounded lion, seated; Wounded lion on Shaft
Grave bead-seal; Comparison with Assyrian reliefs and tradition in Greek Art.

§ 106 c. Indigenous Sphragistic Tradition [continued) .... 552

Animal suckling young; Wild-goat and kids; Cow and calf—Egyptian version
schematic; Religious association of Minoan type—also connected with Syrian
Goddess; Influence of Minoan version on Arslan Tash ivories; Assyrian parallels