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482 AFFIXES OF PLAITED LOCKS IN MINOAN SHRINKS
The ' Treasury' deposit, in which this pkitwork affix was found
the Mi
ese. in addi-
Affix of
plaited — ~"~.......' ~r—-. — r - -""V wcic, iuuna, itself
locksfrom contained a whole series of relics derived from a shrine of the Min
DeposTt^ Goddess that had existed in this Palace region. Amongst thes
Fig. 405 a, b. Votive Affix of Plaited Locks in Steatite : Mycenae.
Another
from
Mycenae.
tion to the Hathoric side-locks of a Sphinx above mentioned, was part
of the ivory wing of another, two small bronze Double Axes, gold plated,
and part of a ' Miniature' fresco depicting the fajade of a sanctuary on
which the sacred symbol was repeated.
The conclusion that the relic in fact belonged to a distinct offertory
classof this kind receives moreover an interesting confirmation from the occtu-
rence at Mycenae of another similar relic cutout of the same solt stone, with
a triple plait-work, slightly fractured on one side (Fig. 405).' The base ot
this is also flat, in this case with three round rivet-holes for its attachment.
It looks as if it had been a widespread custom to fix up ex volos o
this kind, representing plaited locks of human hair, on the walls of Minoa
sanctuaries. In other words the votive usage that survived in the sanctua
of the Carian God of the Labrys had been associated at a much ea
date with the great Cretan Goddess.
Found at As to the character of the worship itself, we have sufficient evicen ^
inrelation in the little gold-plated Double Axes, and the fragment of Pal" ^
sanc'tu" stucco> showing part of the frieze of that cult in miniature, as we
ary.
1 P. of if., iii, Suppl. PI. XXXVII, A.
The ' Treasury' deposit, in which this pkitwork affix was found
the Mi
ese. in addi-
Affix of
plaited — ~"~.......' ~r—-. — r - -""V wcic, iuuna, itself
locksfrom contained a whole series of relics derived from a shrine of the Min
DeposTt^ Goddess that had existed in this Palace region. Amongst thes
Fig. 405 a, b. Votive Affix of Plaited Locks in Steatite : Mycenae.
Another
from
Mycenae.
tion to the Hathoric side-locks of a Sphinx above mentioned, was part
of the ivory wing of another, two small bronze Double Axes, gold plated,
and part of a ' Miniature' fresco depicting the fajade of a sanctuary on
which the sacred symbol was repeated.
The conclusion that the relic in fact belonged to a distinct offertory
classof this kind receives moreover an interesting confirmation from the occtu-
rence at Mycenae of another similar relic cutout of the same solt stone, with
a triple plait-work, slightly fractured on one side (Fig. 405).' The base ot
this is also flat, in this case with three round rivet-holes for its attachment.
It looks as if it had been a widespread custom to fix up ex volos o
this kind, representing plaited locks of human hair, on the walls of Minoa
sanctuaries. In other words the votive usage that survived in the sanctua
of the Carian God of the Labrys had been associated at a much ea
date with the great Cretan Goddess.
Found at As to the character of the worship itself, we have sufficient evicen ^
inrelation in the little gold-plated Double Axes, and the fragment of Pal" ^
sanc'tu" stucco> showing part of the frieze of that cult in miniature, as we
ary.
1 P. of if., iii, Suppl. PI. XXXVII, A.