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)

EGYPTO-LIBYAN

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Egypto-Libyan connexion with Crete, M.M. I,
i. 196

— figures on seals, 1. 123-5

— influence in E.M. Ill, 1. 103
-------under Middle Kingdom, I. 18

— meanders on seals, I. 122
Egypto-Minoan style of ornament, IV. 733
Eileithyia, Cave of (above Amnisos), 11. 839,

840, iv. xi; sherds from, n. 552: and see

Nekhebet
El Amra, discoveries at, 11. 23
Elateia, matt-painted jug from, I. 23 n. 2
Elbe, export of amber from, 11. 174
Electrum inlay on bronze dagger from Shaft

Grave at Mycenae, in. 131

— ring from Mycenae, 11. 832, III. 463
Elephants, African, known to Minoans, II. 742

— Syrian, hunted by Thothmes III, n. 743

— tusk of, from early deposit at Phaestos, n. 742
Eleusis, boar's tusk necklace from, iv. 870

— pottery kernos from, I. 75 n. 6

-------inscribed stirrup vase from, iv. 744

Eleutherna, inscription from, in. 259
Elgin, Lord, m. 2, 192, iv. 10

El Kab, alabaster objects from, 1.75 n. 4,76,11.57

— candlesticks from, n. 127 n. 2

— double-spouted vessel from, I. 82

— moustache cup from, 11. 57

— offering table from, I. 75 n. 4, 76

Ellez, Megalithic dolmen-like monument at,

11. 181
El Mahasna, beads from, 1. 491 n. 1

— pre-dynastic draughtsmen from, 1. 478
-------gaming board from, I. 485

Elunda (Olous), E.M. serpentine vessel from,
1.66

Elyros, n. 87 n. 3

Elysian fields, connexion of with Minoan
religion, in. 155 n. 2

-------un-Greek character of, in. 155 n. 2

-------as background to Priest-king relief, n. 786:

and see 'Ring of Nestor'

Embalming, practised by Keftiu folk, n. 748 n. 1

Embroidery:

adder mark in, on fresco, n. 731
bull's head trophy in, on fresco, in. 40
half-rosette and triglyph in, on fresco, n. 731
network in, on frescoes, m. 733, 734
sphinxes in, on fresco, III. 40
swallows in, on fresco, III. 40

Embroidery (cont.)

influenced by inlaying, I. 452 n. 1, 11. 731
influence of on wall-painting, 11. 114

— on pottery, 1. 121, iv. 100
represented on frescoes, from Hagia Triada,

11. 732
-------from Knossos, Threshing Floor Heap,

in. 37, 38, 40
-----------Procession Fresco, n. 725, 730, 731,

733. 734

-----------Ladies in Blue, n. 730, 733, 734

-------from Phylakopi, III. 40

— on tomb of Men-kheper'ra-senb, n. 207
Emery, Naxian, I. 14, 55

Engelbach, Mr. R., discoveries at Harageh, 11.211

Engrailing, see Inlaying

Engraved gems, see Seals

Engraving, Minoan, use of 'blunt point' in,

11. 217 n. 3
Enkomi (Old Salamis, Cyprus), relation of

with Syrian coast, IV. 780

— alabaster vessel from tomb at, n. 256 n. 1

— amphora with chariot scene from, iv. 374

— bronze stand from, n. 602, in. 61

— casket from, in. 195 n. 6

— clay balls, inscribed, from, iv. 759

— copper ingot from, n. 624

— cylinder depicting dove cult from, iv. 407,408

— draughtboard from, 1. 473, 476, 485 n. 4

— faience from, iv. 765, 771

— gold currency bar from, iv. 665

-----------dumps from, iv. 664

-------mouthpiece from, iv. 494, 495

— haematite weights from, iv. 655, 656

— ivory mirror handle from, iv. 533, 804

— kraters from, iv. 315, 372, 658, 659, 829

— limestone fragment, inscribed, from, iv. 759

— scarab from, n. 494

— silver ring from, 11. 494, 495

— stirrup vases from, n. 136

— tomb at, oblong vaulted, iv. 771 n. 5

— vase fragments from, n. 818-20
Entrance system, Anatolian, diffusion of, II. 694,

695
Envelope, clay, from Cappadocia, iv. 23

Epano Zakro, figurine from, iv. 162

Epic survivals of Minoan themes, I. 314, 693,

699, in. 125, 126, iv 513-515: and see

Homer, Oedipus; Orestes, Aigisthos and

Klytemnestra; Periphetes