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)

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Crete, relations of (cont.)

— with Palestine, IV. 881

— with Pontic region (Amisos, &c.), 11. 658,

659, IV. 764-9

— with Sicily, 1. 3, 22, 494, 11. 626, 627,

iv. 959, 960 n. 1, 978

— with Spain, I. 22, 58 n. 2, 492, 494,11. 179,

180

— with Sumeria, 11. 253-66, in. 261, IV. 125,

421, 955

— with Syria, 1. 15, 16, 197, 11. 33, 192, 244,

267, 655, 656, 658, 743, 825, in. 475,

CRYSTAL

iv. 398, 417, 401, 422, 497, 771 et
seqq., 781
— with Troy, I. 20, 58, 62, 97, 191, 193, 194
saffron culture revived in, by Venetians, iv.

720
snake-skin used as charm in, iv. 168
Crisa, 11. 841
Crockets, on gypsum throne from Room of the

Throne at Knossos, iv. 918
Crocodile, associated with Ta-Urt, iv. 457

— associated with Minoan Genii on hydria from

Kurion, iv. 457

— sign, Egyptian, 1. 289

Crocuses, gold, on E.M. II pins from Mochlos,
1.97

— on faience votive robes from Knossos, n. 469

— on frescoes from House of Frescoes at

Knossos, 11. 450, 458, 459, 464, in. 363

— on pottery, M.M. lb, 1. 185, iv. 106

-------M.M. II, 1. 259, 263, 264, 269

-------L.M. la, iv. 81

-------L.M. lb, 11. 101, 510, iv. 285, 286

-------L.M. Ic, iv. 289

-------L.M. II, iv. 321

Crocus-gatherer fresco, I. 539
'Crooked Nostril' (Stravomyti) Cave, II. Ill n. 3
Cross, as astral sign among primitive peoples,
iv. 94

— faience inlay from Knossos, I. 516

— gold, from 3rd Shaft Grave, Mycenae, I. 516

— marble, from West Temple Repository,

Knossos, 1. 517, iv. 94

— on altar blocks of Constantinian coins, iv. 202

— on Hathoric cow, 1. 513

-----------adopted by Minoan cult, I. 514, ill.

123

— on objects from Temple Repositories, 1. 515,

684

Cross (cont.)

— patterns, E.M. Ill, I. 112

-------M.M. la, iv. 84

-------on robes in Procession Fresco at Knossos,

11. 731

— and circle patterns, M.M. la, iv. 94

— symbol of Minoan Goddess in chthonic
aspect, 1. 514-17

— sign, as mason's mark, 11. 327, 663

-------in Linear Script A, 1. 516

-------in Linear Script B, 1. 516, iv. 760

-------in Cypro-Minoan script, iv. 769

-------in Cypriote syllabary, 1. 516

-------in Mainland script, iv. 743

-------as primitive pictograph of star, I. 514

-------as beginning of sign-groups, 1. 280

-------as end of sign-groups, iv. 759, 760

Cross-hatching on sherd from Harageh, iv. 131
Crown of Minoan Goddess, on mould from

Siteia, 11. 724
-----------restored on Procession Fresco, 11. 724

— of Priest-king, on relief in S.N. Corridor,

«• 473. 775-89
Crystal beads, E.M. II, I. 95

— boss of pectoral from Gurob, in. 108

— bowl from E. Treasury at Knossos, in. 409
-------from Lustral Basin of Room of the

Throne, iv. 930

— cylinder from Vat Room Deposit, I. 170

— flake from Neolithic stratum, 11. 14

— hilt plate of cruciform sword from Domestic

Quarter, iv. 854

— inlays, from Hissarlik, I. 471

-------from Knossos, Lustral Basin of Room of

the Throne, 1. 472, in. 109-11, iv. 928, 930

-----------E. Treasury in Domestic Quarter,

in. 399, 405, 409

-----------W. Temple Repository, 1. 318,469-75,

480-2, in. 409, iv. 92

-------from 4th Shaft Grave at Mycenae, I. 484

— jewellery, from Lustral Basin of Room of the

Throne, iv. 930

— lens from Mavro Spelio, in. 111 n. 2
-------of eye of bull's head rhyton from Little

Palace, n. 530, in. 108

— miniature painting on, in. 107-33, iv. 930

— pendant from Gournia, in. 411

— pommel of dagger from Lustral Basin of

Room of the Throne, iv. 931
-------from 3rd Shaft Grave at Mycenae, in. 108