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440 ASTRAL RELATIONS OF TA:URT
Flvst actual evidence of the reaction of this type on Minoan Art. The laro-A
appeav- . . r &e
anccof deposits of seal impressions from Zakro and Hagia Triada as well as
Ge'niT" 'hat fr°ni t'ie ' Temple Repositories ' at Knossos, dating- from the close of
the Middle Minoan Age and the succeeding transitional epoch, contain no
example. What seems to be the earliest instance—on the ' Flattened
Cylinder', Fig. 358a above—may come within the limits of L. M. I a. On
the other hand, when they become frequent, these reminiscences of the
Hippopotamus Goddess are repeatedly associated with the 'antithetic'
Often scheme of opposed monsters or guardian animals—generally on either side
dated of a central object such as a column, altar-block, or sacred tree—that first
with becomes common about the mature L. M. I epoch.1 It is very characteristic
anti-
thetic' of L. M. I b, where it is of frequent appearance. Thus the representative
example of this class, Fig. 378 below—on a gem already cited for the parallel
it supplies to a chalice of the ' Camp-stool Frescoes'2—was found in the
Vapheio Tomb, the last ceramic remains of which are, as we have seen, in
the L. M. I b style With it was an 'amygdaloid' seal-stone exhibiting a
single Genius, a replica of one of the pair displayed on the other. It will
be seen that the remarkable illustrations of these Minoan daemons on an
imported bronze 'hydria' found at Kurion in Cyprus, described below—
together with another vessel of the same form s—also belong to the closing-
First Late Minoan phase (L. M. I b).
Indications of Influence of Astral Relations of Ta-urt on those of
Minoan Genii in the ' Daemon Seals' of the Palace Hoard.
Com- In the astronomical scenes in which the Hippopotamus Goddess takes part
eS°es" on Egyptian ceilings such as that of the Tomb of Sen-mut, several features
d't l ( aPPear which may weH he regarded as having a special relation to the repre-
astral sentations of Minoan Genii. As bearing on this relationship it is to be noted
that the ' ox-leg' which Ta-urt controls with a chain at times takes the form ot
a whole figure of a bull. So, too, both the bovine shape and the divine Hippo-
potamus itself—especially in later examples—are accompanied by stars.
On the bronze ' hydria' from Kurion—more or .less contemporary witn
the Sen-mut ceiling—the connexion of the daemons with bulls is doubly
emphasized. They are seen coursing round the rim. and their heads aie
triply grouped beneath each handle in place of the marine subject on tie
other vessel. Bovine animals are led by the Genii on two of the fines
intaglios presenting the subject, in one case by a short cord (see belov,
1 For the 'antithetic' scheme, see P.o/M., " See above, p. 393, Fig. 329 #.
">> PP. Si.5> 516- ' See p. 453 seqq.
scenes.
Flvst actual evidence of the reaction of this type on Minoan Art. The laro-A
appeav- . . r &e
anccof deposits of seal impressions from Zakro and Hagia Triada as well as
Ge'niT" 'hat fr°ni t'ie ' Temple Repositories ' at Knossos, dating- from the close of
the Middle Minoan Age and the succeeding transitional epoch, contain no
example. What seems to be the earliest instance—on the ' Flattened
Cylinder', Fig. 358a above—may come within the limits of L. M. I a. On
the other hand, when they become frequent, these reminiscences of the
Hippopotamus Goddess are repeatedly associated with the 'antithetic'
Often scheme of opposed monsters or guardian animals—generally on either side
dated of a central object such as a column, altar-block, or sacred tree—that first
with becomes common about the mature L. M. I epoch.1 It is very characteristic
anti-
thetic' of L. M. I b, where it is of frequent appearance. Thus the representative
example of this class, Fig. 378 below—on a gem already cited for the parallel
it supplies to a chalice of the ' Camp-stool Frescoes'2—was found in the
Vapheio Tomb, the last ceramic remains of which are, as we have seen, in
the L. M. I b style With it was an 'amygdaloid' seal-stone exhibiting a
single Genius, a replica of one of the pair displayed on the other. It will
be seen that the remarkable illustrations of these Minoan daemons on an
imported bronze 'hydria' found at Kurion in Cyprus, described below—
together with another vessel of the same form s—also belong to the closing-
First Late Minoan phase (L. M. I b).
Indications of Influence of Astral Relations of Ta-urt on those of
Minoan Genii in the ' Daemon Seals' of the Palace Hoard.
Com- In the astronomical scenes in which the Hippopotamus Goddess takes part
eS°es" on Egyptian ceilings such as that of the Tomb of Sen-mut, several features
d't l ( aPPear which may weH he regarded as having a special relation to the repre-
astral sentations of Minoan Genii. As bearing on this relationship it is to be noted
that the ' ox-leg' which Ta-urt controls with a chain at times takes the form ot
a whole figure of a bull. So, too, both the bovine shape and the divine Hippo-
potamus itself—especially in later examples—are accompanied by stars.
On the bronze ' hydria' from Kurion—more or .less contemporary witn
the Sen-mut ceiling—the connexion of the daemons with bulls is doubly
emphasized. They are seen coursing round the rim. and their heads aie
triply grouped beneath each handle in place of the marine subject on tie
other vessel. Bovine animals are led by the Genii on two of the fines
intaglios presenting the subject, in one case by a short cord (see belov,
1 For the 'antithetic' scheme, see P.o/M., " See above, p. 393, Fig. 329 #.
">> PP. Si.5> 516- ' See p. 453 seqq.
scenes.