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LONG ROBED PERSONAGE WITH BOW
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the 'Snake frames', the Goddess herself appears between two guardian
Griffins standing on raised cornices. A comparison has already been
made between this design and the relief of the youthful dignitary wearing
the lily crown, and it is a fair conclusion that in both
cases we have to do with the effigy of a Minoan
Priest-king leading the sacred Griffin.
Armed Male Figure in similar Long Robes, with bow.
In the last two instances the religious side of
these long-robed personages is to the fore. The
offertory dove stands surely in relation to the Minoan
Goddess in her celestial aspect. In the figure beside
the Griffin, again, we see a direct minister of the
divinity.
In the remaining cases, however—in all of Figure
1 - 1 1 r ill - • 1 -i- Wltl1 horn
which the figures hold weapons—it is the military bow.
and secular aspect of Minoan princes that is brought
into prominence. In the early days of my Cretan
explorations, somewhat later than the discovery of
the dove-holding type, the less perfect bead-seal, Fig.
342, was brought to me from the site of Knossos.
The material is haematite, and the lower margin of
the stole is wanting in the original. It shows a curved object rising up by
the right shoulder, in which we may recognize the end of a ' horn-bow' of
the Asiatic class, the actual material for the composition of which is shown
on a series of clay tablets from the ' Armoury'}
Fig. 342. Personage
with Bow on Haematite
Bead : Knossos. (Lower
part with eeet re-
STORED.) (I)
Personages holding Single Axes of Syro-Egyptian Type.
Three figures hold single axes of the single-bladed Syrian form, all
of them on haematite bead-seals of amygdaloid form (Fig. 343, a, 6, c). Of
these, «, found at Vatheia in the Knossian district, may perhaps be recog-
nized as the same youthful personage as Fig. 336. His hair falls in a
similar manner about the back of his neck, while in this case there is an
additional touch of elegance in the attitude and dress, the borders of which
show tassels.2 The young prince—for such we may regard him—stands as
1 See below, p. S3 2 seqq.
" Compare the tasselled fringes of some
Per-
sonages
holding
single-
bladed
axe of
Syrian
type.
of the men's dresses of die Thisbe series
(A. E., Ring of Nestor, &~c, p. 28).
413
the 'Snake frames', the Goddess herself appears between two guardian
Griffins standing on raised cornices. A comparison has already been
made between this design and the relief of the youthful dignitary wearing
the lily crown, and it is a fair conclusion that in both
cases we have to do with the effigy of a Minoan
Priest-king leading the sacred Griffin.
Armed Male Figure in similar Long Robes, with bow.
In the last two instances the religious side of
these long-robed personages is to the fore. The
offertory dove stands surely in relation to the Minoan
Goddess in her celestial aspect. In the figure beside
the Griffin, again, we see a direct minister of the
divinity.
In the remaining cases, however—in all of Figure
1 - 1 1 r ill - • 1 -i- Wltl1 horn
which the figures hold weapons—it is the military bow.
and secular aspect of Minoan princes that is brought
into prominence. In the early days of my Cretan
explorations, somewhat later than the discovery of
the dove-holding type, the less perfect bead-seal, Fig.
342, was brought to me from the site of Knossos.
The material is haematite, and the lower margin of
the stole is wanting in the original. It shows a curved object rising up by
the right shoulder, in which we may recognize the end of a ' horn-bow' of
the Asiatic class, the actual material for the composition of which is shown
on a series of clay tablets from the ' Armoury'}
Fig. 342. Personage
with Bow on Haematite
Bead : Knossos. (Lower
part with eeet re-
STORED.) (I)
Personages holding Single Axes of Syro-Egyptian Type.
Three figures hold single axes of the single-bladed Syrian form, all
of them on haematite bead-seals of amygdaloid form (Fig. 343, a, 6, c). Of
these, «, found at Vatheia in the Knossian district, may perhaps be recog-
nized as the same youthful personage as Fig. 336. His hair falls in a
similar manner about the back of his neck, while in this case there is an
additional touch of elegance in the attitude and dress, the borders of which
show tassels.2 The young prince—for such we may regard him—stands as
1 See below, p. S3 2 seqq.
" Compare the tasselled fringes of some
Per-
sonages
holding
single-
bladed
axe of
Syrian
type.
of the men's dresses of die Thisbe series
(A. E., Ring of Nestor, &~c, p. 28).