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)

LIMESTONE

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LIONS

Limestone (cont.)

— inscription on, from Enkomi, IV. 759

— ladle, votive, from House of the Frescoes, n.

433. 438 (inscribed)

— lamps, 11. 238, 298, 521, 633, III. 22, 26, 27,

269, iv. 920

— palettes, from Mesara, 11. 44 n. 2

— paving, 11. 164, 798, 800, in. 23, 399

— pithos from Long Corridor, iv. 232

— plinths, 11. 514, in. 4, 355

— relief, Hellenistic, from Little Palace, 11. 517

n. 1
-------from S.W. angle, iv. 257, 258

— rhyton, from near Candia, n. 231 n. 3
-------from Delphi, 11. 833

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

-------from Knossos, Central Sanctuary, iv. 780

-----------Treasury of Tri-Columnar Hall, 11.

822, 827

-----------Harbour Town, I. 238

-------from Mycenae, ill. 195 n. 1

— seat, woman's, in Service Quarter of Throne

Room system, iv. 925, 926

— slab for pavement game in E. Light area of

Queen's Megaron, in. 390; from Central
Court at Mallia, m. 392, 394

— sling-stones, from Mycenae, n. 345

— used in construction at Knossos, 1. 209, 427,

453. 402> »• "9. 349. 372. 376> 4°3> 4°5.
4*7. 545.547. 548> 716.81 r.nl- 9 n- 3.13 n-
3, 14, 23, 236, 241, 244,245,246, 276, 280,
323, 492, 494, iv. 236, 878, 879, 995

— vessels, from Hierakonpolis, 11. 49 n. 2
-------from Knossos, 1. 412, 413,11. 15, 303, iv.

123, 199 n. 1, 630, 631, 636, 637

-------from Mycenae, 1. 412, 413, iv. 234

-------from Phaestos, n. 46

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

— weights, disk-shaped, from Knossos, iv. 653
Linen garments represented on I2th-Dynasty

monument, II. 178 n. 2

— remains of on sword from Zafer Papoura,

iv. 866
Linnaeus, on identity of Dittany and Fraxinella,

n. 70 n. 4
Lintel, 'humped', of tholos at Christos, 11.43, 82

-----------at Kumasa, n. 36, 41, 43

-------Lion's Gate at Mycenae, 11. 41, 42

-------doorway of grave enclosure at Myndos,

"•43

Lions, first appearance on seals due to Libyan
and proto-Egyptian connexions, n. 55, in.
120, iv. 486, and Figs. 406 and 409, 525,
526

— 'antithetic' compositions of, iv. 584, 585: and

see Lion's Gate under Mycenae

— associated with Minoan Goddess, 1.108, 159,

447, 505 n. 1,11. 334, 831, m. 126,127,413,
414, iv. 24, 169, 170, 461, 526, 596, 607,
914

— associated with Minoan Genii, iv. 442, 443,

461

— contorted, combined with arrow sign on seal-

ings, from Armoury deposit, iv. 617

— at full gallop, on dagger blade of Queen

Aah-hotep (of Minoan design), 11. 649

— Gate, see under Mycenae

— guardians of dead, 11. 55, in. 154
-------of sacred pillar, I. 431

— hunting of, military aspect of among

Minoans, iv. 575, 576 (similar pictorial

model on cylinder-seal and dagger-blade)
-------modern, by African native warriors in

Tanganyika Territory, lit. 122
-------on dagger-blade of Queen Aah-hotep, n.

649, in. 112, 361, iv. 527
-----------from 4th Shaft Grave, Mycenae, in.

95, 120, iv. 575
-------on seals and sealings, 11. 754, iv. 574-6

— maned, portrayed as suckling cub on Minoan

seals and sealings, iv. 559

— rampant, on Cypro-Minoan cylinder from

Astrakous, iv. 425

— seizing quarry on Minoan gems: type taken

over from those showing native hounds,
iv. 524-6

— on dagger-blade,seal-stones,&c,from M.M.

II result of personal acquaintance on
Mainland side, in. 118-23, iv. 526 seqq.

— seizing bull, in Chaldaean art, iv. 528

-----------in Cypriote art, iv. 535, 536, 539

-----------in Greek art, iv. 534-7

-----------in Minoan art, in. 123, iv. 527, 528,

53i

-----------in Phoenician art, iv. 534-6

-------deer, in Chaldaean art, iv. 528

-----------in Greek art, iv. 539

-----------in Minoan art, in. 123, iv. 527, 528,

531. 539
-------goats, iv. 527, 538, 865