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)

AMULETS

Amulets, leg-shaped (cont.)

— pebble as, Neolithic, from Knossos, n. 15

— seal, 1. 671, 673, 674: and see Seals, bead,

talismanic
Amu-neseh, tomb of, II. 728 n. 1
Amurru, Amorite god, 1. 198, 11. 264
Amygdalolithos, see Ironstone
Amyklae, Apollo of, in. 480

— tomb of Hyakinthos at, 1. 161, iv. 421

— throne at, Theseus and Peirithoos on, IV.

188 n. 1

— and see Vapheio
Anagyri, 11. 79

\J Anarrapsis, Kurios, discovery of cave of

Eileithyia by, 11. 839 n. 3
Anatolia, connexion with Minoan Crete, I. 3,4,

5, 6, 14, 16, 20, 161, 618, 667, 668,11. 4, 12,

15. 28» 45- l67> 22I> 267, 658, in. 424, 475,

iv. 464, 488, 935 n. 2

--------with Etruria, iv. 190

--------with Mycenae and Tiryns, II. 21

— Southern, possible emigrations to Crete

from, 11. 268

— Minoan reaction on, 11. 658

— bull sports, original home of, iv. 23

— double profiles from, iv. 375

— Entrance Systems from, diffusion of, 11. 694,

695

— Lightning gods of, iv. 23

— Phaestos Disk connected with, 1. 654-8

— pottery from, Copper Age, 1. 115

--------possibly imported to Kahun, 11. 211 n. 3

— Priest-kings of, 1. 3

— use of sling in, 11. 345

Anatomy, Minoan knowledge of, revealed in
sculpture, 11. 783, m. 428, 429, 498, 502,
504, 506, 507

Anau, primitive steatopygous figurines from,

I. 51, iv. 428 n. 1

Anchor, attribute of Minoan Goddess, iv. 24; in
Linear Script Class A, 11. 248, 249, iv. 678

— Minoan use of, 11. 249

Ancilia of Roman Salii, origin of, 11. 52
-------------compared with Minoan sacred shield,

in. 314
Andrae, Dr., discoverer of votive clay house

fronts from Temple of Ishtar at Babylon,

II. 372

Anemomvlia, Minoan houses of Harbour Town
neur, II. 237, 238, 255

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ANKHIALE

Anemone on M.M. III6-L.M. la jar from

Zakro, 472
Anglo-Saxon rings, Chinese types of bezels of:

both similar to Minoan, iv. 510 n. 3
Anibeh, L.M. la pottery alabastron from,

iv. 267, 358

— date of cemetery at, iv. 267 n. 4
Animals, accommodation for in Neolithic houses

at Knossos, 11. 18
-— attendant on Earth Goddess, I. 6

— bones of, from Knossos, 11. 10

— as foster-parents of divine children, in. 466

— in Asiatic decoration, 1. 119,11. 274, in. 423,

iv. 416, 528, 529, 530, 554-7

— in Egyptian decoration, 11. 448

— in Minoan decoration:

E.M., 1. 15, 112, 117,118, 119,123-5,IV- 4-86
M.M. la, 1. 173, 180-3, 11. 259, ill. 204 (from

this time onwards animal representations

tabooed in vase painting till L.M. III6, I.

605-7, cf- '• 578)
M.M. II, 1. 273-5, IV- 487 (seal-stones, &c.)
M.M. Ill, 1. 539-43, 670, 671, 673, 686-90,

11. 260, 333, 530-2, 651, 827-31, in. 108-

11, 118-27, I72_85> l89> I9°> 220> 22I»

iv. 8-10, 235, 488, 499-501
M.M. IIIfr-L.M. la, n. 764-5
L.M. I, 11. 259, 354, 388, 450, 527-32, 659,

in. 192-9, 204,iv. 523-90
L.M. II, 11. 243, 244, 538, in. 224-6, iv. 588-

90, 601-10
L.M. Ill, 11. 157, 650, 651, iv. 588-90

— derivatives of askoi shaped as, iv. 79

— in name groups in Linear Script Class B,

iv. 711, 713

— sacrificed, in High Priest's House at Knossos,

iv, 211: and see Hagia Triada, sarcophagus
from

— votive figures of, from Juktas, I. 158
------------from Petsofa, I. 153

— and see Birds, Marine Style, Naturalism
Ankh, associated with Ta-Urt, IV. 439

— in Egyptian ornament, n. 207

— in Minoan ornament, I. 19, 200, 281, 434,

11. 545, IV. 185

— in Minoan script, Linear A, iv. 219, 685
-------------Linear B, iv. 685

— canopied, at Mycenae, iv. 255

Ankhiale, L.M. Ill 'Mino-Cilician' sherd from,
iv. 534