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8 ioi. Long-robed Priestly and Royal Personages on Seals from
Knossos and Vapheio : Orientalizing Influences, through Cyprus,
on Cult of Dove Goddess—Syrian Axes.
' N. E. Sanctuary Hall' a Sacra/ College ; Gaberdiued costume due to
Oriental influences ; Similar vestments seen in ' Palanquin Fresco ' ; Other
ritual parallels; Earlier representations of Priest-kings; Portrait on
Hieroglyphic Sealiugs ; 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 ; Eater version
of Goddess in gabcrdined 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 youthfulfigure holding dove; Early
associations of Miuoan Goddess with dove—parallel traditions of A natolian
and Cyprian Religion; Taken over by Semites; Partial coalescence of
Cyprian and Syrian Cult with Miuoan—a Hittite cylinder from Greece;
Importance of Palestinian Dove Cult a Rate Classical phenomenon; 'The
Rock Hove of Cretan Cave Sanctuaries ; Priestly personage leading Griffin ;
Armed male figures in similar long robes—personages holding siugle-bladed
axes of Syro-Egyptiau 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.
The discovery of the Camp-Stool Frescoes on the borders of what on
various grounds has been called the 'Sanctuary Hall', by the North-West
projection of the Palace, brings them into very close relation with its central
cult, so well illustrated by the noble ' Palace Style ' jars and ' amphoras ' de-
rived from it, some of them exhibiting the sacred Double Axes and other
ritual objects. At the same time the fact that the votaries of these wall-
paintings are represented as holding chalices in precious metals may be
taken to show that they belonged to the highest social rank. May the
Hall itself have stood in a special connexion with some Sacral College,
composed -of young persons of both sexes belonging to the inner circle of
the Court of the Priest-kings and including perhaps actual ' Children
of Minos' ?
In any case the long-robed votaries of these frescoes stand in a close
N.E.
Sanc-
tuary
Hall a
Sacral
College
Knossos and Vapheio : Orientalizing Influences, through Cyprus,
on Cult of Dove Goddess—Syrian Axes.
' N. E. Sanctuary Hall' a Sacra/ College ; Gaberdiued costume due to
Oriental influences ; Similar vestments seen in ' Palanquin Fresco ' ; Other
ritual parallels; Earlier representations of Priest-kings; Portrait on
Hieroglyphic Sealiugs ; 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 ; Eater version
of Goddess in gabcrdined 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 youthfulfigure holding dove; Early
associations of Miuoan Goddess with dove—parallel traditions of A natolian
and Cyprian Religion; Taken over by Semites; Partial coalescence of
Cyprian and Syrian Cult with Miuoan—a Hittite cylinder from Greece;
Importance of Palestinian Dove Cult a Rate Classical phenomenon; 'The
Rock Hove of Cretan Cave Sanctuaries ; Priestly personage leading Griffin ;
Armed male figures in similar long robes—personages holding siugle-bladed
axes of Syro-Egyptiau 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.
The discovery of the Camp-Stool Frescoes on the borders of what on
various grounds has been called the 'Sanctuary Hall', by the North-West
projection of the Palace, brings them into very close relation with its central
cult, so well illustrated by the noble ' Palace Style ' jars and ' amphoras ' de-
rived from it, some of them exhibiting the sacred Double Axes and other
ritual objects. At the same time the fact that the votaries of these wall-
paintings are represented as holding chalices in precious metals may be
taken to show that they belonged to the highest social rank. May the
Hall itself have stood in a special connexion with some Sacral College,
composed -of young persons of both sexes belonging to the inner circle of
the Court of the Priest-kings and including perhaps actual ' Children
of Minos' ?
In any case the long-robed votaries of these frescoes stand in a close
N.E.
Sanc-
tuary
Hall a
Sacral
College