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)

BULL'S HEADS [21]

Bull's heads (cont.)

— on gold repousse plaques from Mycenae,

iv. 253

— on L.M. I onyx lentoid from Argos, 1. 434,

435

— on pottery rhyton from Minet-el-Beida, IV.

777

— on sealing from Domestic Quarter at

Knossos, 11. 619 n. 1

— rhytons, M.M. II, 1. 237
--------Cypro Minoan, from Ain Tab, 11. 538 n. 2,

658

--------from Erech, 11. 264

--------from Knossos, Little Palace, II. 262 n. 3,

408, 527-30, 539, in. 108, iv. 727

-------------drain near Royal Road, 11. 531, 533

-------------Tomb of Double Axes, 1. 514

--------from Mycenae, Atreus Tomb, in. 195 n. 1

-------------4th Shaft Grave, 1. 222 n. 2, 11. 530

--------of painted pottery with L.M. lb sacral

ivy from Eski Samsoun (Amisos), II. 659

(cf. 538 n. 2), iv. 765-7
--------on tombs of Rekhmara, Useramon, and

Men-kheper'ra-senb, 11. 535, 536, 740

— weight (lead filling), Diktaean Cave, iv. 655
Bull-sports:

acrobats' performance in, III. 222, 223, 232

— bronze figure of, II. 650, ill. 220-2

— ivory figurine of from E. Treasury at

Knossos, 11. 650, in. 428, 433

— on cup A from Vapheio tomb, in. 181, 182

— female, engaged in, 11. 35

-------------sexual transformation of, IV. 21

Anatqlian origins of, in. 450, iv. 23
associated with Minoan Goddess, 1. 447, n.

678, in. 206, 207, 433, iv. 20 ff., 39 ff.
character of, 1. 2,15, 189,190, in. 204 ff., 225,

226-8
spectators at, in. 208, 231
M.M. la, in. 205

in Cappadocia, 1. 15, 11. 259 n. 4, iv. 23
at Rome, introduced by Claudius, in. 229
in Spain, in. 227 n. 3, 228, iv. 40
in Thessaly, hi. 229, 330, iv. 45
tradition of, in bull-grappling exploits of

Herakles and Theseus, iv. 46
on coins of Larissa, III. 229
on cups from Vapheio, 1. 245, 525, 676, 715,

717, 11. in, 276, 363, 452, 790 n. 2,

in. 2, in, 177-85, 188, IV. io, 22, 444

BURIALS

Bull-sports (cont.)

on frescoes and painted stucco reliefs:

a favourite theme from M.M. Ilia on-
wards, in. 185
M.M. Ilia, 1. 375-8, n. 355, 356, 474,
599, 782, in. 176, 177, 190, 195, 208,
485, iv. 8, 10, 228, 537, 874
M.M. lllb, 1. 527, 528, in. 2, 61, 62, 178,
180, 185 n. 1, 189, 208, 209, 310, 433,
iv. 20
L.M. la, 1. 366, 394, 447, 571, 11. 356,
485,782, in. 209-32,307, 331, 495-525
L.M. lb, iv. 892
L.M. II, 11. 620, 674, 676, iv. 892, 893,

904
Mainland, 1. 445, in. 207, 208, iv. 44
ivory figures of performers in, from Knossos,

11. 358, 650, m. 428, 436, 437, iv. 31
on painted crystal plaque from Room of the

Throne, in. 109
on M.M. I pottery, 1. 188-90
on L.M. Ilia pottery, iv. 372
on steatite rhyton from Hagia Triada, ill. 90,

225
on seals and sealings, 1. 374, 377, 431, 675,
686-9, 694, n. 524, in. 185, 187, 188,
218-20, 225, 226, 227, 230, iv. 550,
574, 582, 615, 618
Bullets, leaden sling, from Knossos, n. 344
— haematite sling, from Troy, III. 99
Burchell, Mr. James P. T., on Egyptian candle-
stick from El Tab, n. 127 n. 2
Burdah, see Bombah
Burials, on Asiatic side:
at Amrit, in. 478
at Bethshemesh, n. 257
at Byblos, n. 654, 655
at Minet-el-Beida, iv. 771, 775, 776
at Myndos, n. 43
at Myra, I. 657-8, 663
at Ras-Shamra, iv. 771, 772, 776
at Ur, in. 260
Burials, Egyptian:
cemetery at Beni Hasan, 11. 40, m, 522

— Neolithic, near Cairo, n. 181 n. 3

— at Harageh, n. 212, 213 nn. 1 and 2
comparison with Minoan, 11. 32
stela, Early Middle Kingdom, n. 176, 177

— of Amenemhet at Thebes, n. 732 n. 5

— of Antef I, 11. 24 n. 2