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BARLEY SPRAYS ON IUGS
627
Fig. 61
Barley Spray in Moulded Relief
on M. M. Ilia Vase.
another fragmentary impression from the same hoard (Fig. 614) depicts
a Minoan Genius as promoter of vegetation, with raised fore-limb before a
orain of barley, here rendered as large as the Daemon's body. In the same
hoard of sealings occurred that
shown in Fig. 615, as sketched
at the time of excavation. Here
we see the same grain in a state
of florescence or germination, a
version of which motive that had
been already frequent on sealings
of the hieroglyphic class, always
in isolated positions. It thus
appears on a clay label' with a
sign group in the upper register,
and followed by numerals indicat-
ing 32.2 On the clay seal im-
pression (Fig. 617) it is coupled on the other side (6) with the Double Axe—
endorsed, that is, with the ' signet' seal of a Steward of the Palace Sanc-
tuary.
On the seal impression from the ' Archives Deposit' of the later
Palace, of which other, more fragmentary specimens were found, eight
grains of corn are grouped in a wheel-shaped pattern (Fig. 616). What
seems to represent the same design already appears on an ivory cone of
Early Minoan type from the Platanos tholos? and groups of grains are
a recurring feature of seal impressions belonging to the beginning of the
Middle Minoan Age. A jasper prism seal from Mirabello of the hiero-
glyphic class presents what seems to be an ear of barley with indications
of the beard.-1
What have been identified in a previous Section with ears of barley Barley
are moulded in high relief on a class of jugs belonging to the earlier j^™LSf°"
phase, «, of M. M. Ill5 accompanied by other raised decoration repre- barley
senting a survival of the ' barbotine' work. A specimen of one of the
triple sprays of barley seen on these vessels is reproduced in Fig. 61S,6 and
we may well suppose, as above suggested, that the liquor contained in these
small jugs was not unconnected with ' John Barleycorn'. It is probable that
Serif la Minoa, i, p. 217, No. 94, b-f.
2 III., p. 167, P. 85 /,.
1 Xanthudides, Vaulted Tombs of Mesara
(tr. Droop), PI. XIII, No. 1043.
IV**
Serif ta Minoa, i, p. 217, No. 95 : P. 20 b.
P. of If., i, pp. 414, 4'5. and Kg- 2M ": b-
See P. ofM., i, p. 41S and Fig. 293 b.
627
Fig. 61
Barley Spray in Moulded Relief
on M. M. Ilia Vase.
another fragmentary impression from the same hoard (Fig. 614) depicts
a Minoan Genius as promoter of vegetation, with raised fore-limb before a
orain of barley, here rendered as large as the Daemon's body. In the same
hoard of sealings occurred that
shown in Fig. 615, as sketched
at the time of excavation. Here
we see the same grain in a state
of florescence or germination, a
version of which motive that had
been already frequent on sealings
of the hieroglyphic class, always
in isolated positions. It thus
appears on a clay label' with a
sign group in the upper register,
and followed by numerals indicat-
ing 32.2 On the clay seal im-
pression (Fig. 617) it is coupled on the other side (6) with the Double Axe—
endorsed, that is, with the ' signet' seal of a Steward of the Palace Sanc-
tuary.
On the seal impression from the ' Archives Deposit' of the later
Palace, of which other, more fragmentary specimens were found, eight
grains of corn are grouped in a wheel-shaped pattern (Fig. 616). What
seems to represent the same design already appears on an ivory cone of
Early Minoan type from the Platanos tholos? and groups of grains are
a recurring feature of seal impressions belonging to the beginning of the
Middle Minoan Age. A jasper prism seal from Mirabello of the hiero-
glyphic class presents what seems to be an ear of barley with indications
of the beard.-1
What have been identified in a previous Section with ears of barley Barley
are moulded in high relief on a class of jugs belonging to the earlier j^™LSf°"
phase, «, of M. M. Ill5 accompanied by other raised decoration repre- barley
senting a survival of the ' barbotine' work. A specimen of one of the
triple sprays of barley seen on these vessels is reproduced in Fig. 61S,6 and
we may well suppose, as above suggested, that the liquor contained in these
small jugs was not unconnected with ' John Barleycorn'. It is probable that
Serif la Minoa, i, p. 217, No. 94, b-f.
2 III., p. 167, P. 85 /,.
1 Xanthudides, Vaulted Tombs of Mesara
(tr. Droop), PI. XIII, No. 1043.
IV**
Serif ta Minoa, i, p. 217, No. 95 : P. 20 b.
P. of If., i, pp. 414, 4'5. and Kg- 2M ": b-
See P. ofM., i, p. 41S and Fig. 293 b.