Evans, Arthur J.: The Palace of Minos: a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustred by the discoveries at Knossos (Index) (London, 1936)

ALTARS [4]

Altars (cont.)

— square, within old frontage of W. wall of

— Palace of Knossos, 11. 614
— opposite N.W. Treasure House, 11. 612

-------miniature, limestone, with double axe and

sacral horns in relief, from N.W. angle of

Palace, IV. 200-2
-----------from miniature M.M. Ill terra-cotta

shrine from Loom Weight Basement,

IV. 201
-------isodomic, represented on steatite rhyton

from Knossos, 11. 614

— tripod hearths used as, 11. 20, in. 350 n. 2,

lv- '43. *5*> 152. J79

-------from Gournia, n. 283 n. 3

-------from vault under S.E. angle of Palace at

Knossos, n. 334
-------from late Shrine of the Double Axes at

Knossos, n. 283, 336
-------from House of the Sacrificed Oxen,

11. 283, 302

-------from Niru Khaai, 1. 437

Alybe, see Halys

Amathus, sacred grove and tomb at, I. 161,

in. 74, 78
Amazons, traditional headgear of, IV. 197
Amber from Kiev, 11. 174 n. 3

— beads, from tomb at Amira, 11. 174 n. 2
-------from tomb of Double Axes at Isopata, 11.

174

■-------from tomb at Kakovatos, 11. 174

-------from Shaft Graves at Mycenae, 11. 174

-------from Tiryns Treasure, n. 174 n. 2

— studs, n. 170

— trade-route, from North Germany to Aegean,

11. 174

-------along Illyrian (E. Adriatic) coast, II. 198

Amenemhet II, King, tomb of, 11. 256 n. i, 744
Amenemhet III, King, 11. 213 nn. 1 and 2, 655,

658

-------seals of, from Abydos, 11. 209, iv. 130

Amenemhet the Scribe, ceiling of tomb of,

II. 205, 732, 733 n. 1
Amenti, significance of name, 11. 27
Amethyst beads, E.M. II, 1. 95

-------from Amira, 11. 174 n. 2

-------from Pyrgos, II. 79

— pendant, with flying eagle, from Knossos,

in. 410

— scarab, M.M. I, I. 271

AMULETS

Amethyst, scarab (cont.)
-------from Psychro, I. 199

— seals, M.M. II, I. 273

-------M.M. III, 1. 673

-------lentoid from 3rd Shaft Grave at Mycenae,

iv. 558

— in sword hilt from Mallia, 11. 273

— tessera from stone box from S. House at
Knossos, 11. 373

Amethystine spar, vase fragments of from Room

of the Throne, iv. 934
Amira, finds in tomb at, 11. 174 n. 2
Amisos, see Eski Samsoun
Amnisos, a port of Knossos, 11. 839

— frescoes in houses at, iv. 453 n. 4

--------of formal gardens from, iv. xi, 1002

Amon, identity of with Libyan God of the

Oasis, n. 191

— as soothsayer, 11. 191
Amorgos, halberd-like blade from, 11. 170 n. 3

— copper dagger from, 1. 100 n. 3
—• marble figurine from, 1. 47, 48
Amphitheatre, Roman, arena of, ill. 223
Amphitrite, relation of with Minoan Goddess,

iv. 953, 958

— in Greek legend of Ring of Minos, iv. 958
Amphoras, alabaster, from workshops at Knos-
sos, in. 269, iv. 896, 897

— bronze, from Kurion, 11. 504
-------in Metropolitan Museum, New York,

11. 505 n. 1
-------depicted in hands of Minoan envoy on

tomb of Senmut, II. 425
—■ limestone, from sculptor's worshop at

Knossos, iv. 900
—■ pottery, see under Pottery
Amrit, Phoenician stela with Resheph from,

in. 478
Amulets, Minoan, in. 411

— axe as, Neolithic, from Knossos, 11. 15

— chalcedony dove, from Mochlos, I. 102

— foot-shaped, E.M. I-M.M. I, from tholoi,

"■45
-------Egyptian, II. 45

— hand-shaped, matrix for, from Knossos,
1.488

— iron ore perhaps used as, Neolithic, n. 15

— leg-shaped, E.M. Ill, 1. 125

-------from Pyrgos, I. 84

-------Egyptian influence on, 1. 18, 19