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)

CORN [33]

Corn (cont.)

— sign, Egyptian hieroglyph, iv. 802
-------on Chariot Tablets, iv. 668

— storage of, at Knossos, iv. 629, 630
Cornelian beads, E.M. II, 1. 95

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

-------from Pyrgos, 11. 75

— bead-seals, M.M. II, 1. 273, 278, 11. 203

-------M.M. Ill, 1. 673, 675, 11. 307 n. 2

-------from Arkhanes, IV. 42, 526, 588

-------from Chersonesos, 11. 843

-------from Crete, iv. 18

-----------Central, 11. 419, iv. 453, 533

-----------East, iv. 446, 447, 497

-------from Goulas, 11. 203 n. 1

-------from Hydra, IV. 466

-------from Klitara, III. 130

-------from Knossos, 11. 633, 793, iv. 400, 849

-------from Lyktos, iv. 571

-------from Melos, iv. 444

-------from Mycenae, iv. 170, 402, 544

-------from Phaestos, iv. 434, 435

-------from Siteia, in. 95 n. 3

-------from Vapheio, iv. 570, 690

— pendant, from Knossos, in. 410
Cornice, Minoan, triple gradation of, I. 686-

8, ill. 513; mark of architectonic origin in
gem types, 1. 686, 687, iv. 566

— block, stepped, of Porch of Central Court at

Knossos, 11. 814
Corslet, bronze talent as equivalent of on
Chariot Tablets from Knossos, iv. 653, 805

— Cypro-Minoan, iv. 803

— Egyptian, parallels of Rameses II's time, iv.

803

— Minoan, types of on Chariot Tablets, iv. 803
-------worn by votaries, I v. 401

— of 'Peoples of the Sea', iv. 804

— sent by King Kinyras to Agamemnon, IV.

804, 805

— of Shardana, iv. 803

— sign in Linear Script B, iv. 787, 802, 803, 805
Cornwall, distribution of tin from, 11. 179
Corridas, see Bull-sports
Corybantes, I. 6
Cos, ritual use of club in, I. 656
Covas, primitive monuments in Balearic Islands,

III. 322
Cow and calf, relation of with Ishtar, iv. 555;
with Hathor, 1. 19, 512-15, iv. 554

CRETE

Cow and calf {cont.)

-----------faience, from Temple Repositories at

Knossos, 1. 498, 510-14, 524, iv. 554

-----------ivory from Nimriid, iv. 555

-----------on L.M. seals and sealings, iv. 553

-----------on Greek coins, iv. 557, 558

-----------on Hagia Triada sarcophagus, n. 650

— head of, from Lagash, 11. 262

— led by Minoan Genii, iv. 443

— licking hind foot, on L.M. la seals, iv.
560

— of Hathor, star-symbols of, 11. 536 n. i, m.
123

— used as decoy for bull on Vapheio Cup B,
in. 183

Cowboys, see Bull-sports

Cowley, Sir A. E., on ox-head sign in Hittite

script, iv. 713 n. 4
Cowrie, see Shells
Crabs in Minoan ornament, 11. 502, iv. 105

— clay reliefs moulded on dead specimens,
from W. Court, I. 521, 522

— on sealing from Temple Repository at
Knossos, 1. 695

— on Geometric vase from Milatos, iv. 164
Craftsmen's signs, I. 124, 134, 483, 484, 485,

488, 496, III. 408
Crane-dance instituted by Theseus in honour

of Ariadne at Delos, in. 74, 75, 78
Crespellano, late Bronze Age pottery from, n.

428, iv. 637
Crests, feather, on Phaestos disk, in. 95
Crete:

climate of, n. 32, in. 138, iv. 2
coast of, submerged, n. 87, 234

— deserted in Middle Ages and later, 11. 85
communications in, iv. 793

— by draught animals, iv. 827, 831

— by wheeled vehicles, iv. 807, 808

— transit route across, II. 167-91

— and see Roads, Minoan
dances in, traditional, in. 75
earthquakes in, n. 312-25, iv. 989
Eastern, in E.M. age, 1. 165

— contrast between M.M. I and M.M. II in,
11. 214 n. 2

emigration from, II. 321

Eteocretan race and language, survival of,

11. 843
ethnic elements in, n. 5, iv. 464