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)

PLAIT-WORK [117] PORPHYRY

Plait-work (cont.)

Platanos (cont.)

— on gypsum capital Klytemnestra Tomb,

— seals from, Babylonian cylinder, 1. 15, 186,

iv. 229; importance for M.M. Ilia dating,

11. 265, iv. 54

ib.; its disappearance, ib.

--------ivory, 1. 118-20,11. 199, 448 n. 1, iv. 499,

— taken over from stone-work on to Minoan

627

pottery, iv. 636, 644, 647, 846

--------scarab, 1. 199, iv. 439

Plants in ceramic ornament, Middle Neolithic,

--------steatite, 11. 179 n. 10, 240

1. 42

— signet from, in. 139

-------------M.M. lb, iv. 93, 94, 100

— stone bowl from, n. 193

------------M.M. Ua, 1. 263 (Fig. 194 e, g)

Platyperama stream, 11. 68

------------M.M. \U, 1. 254, 264 (lily, crocus)

--------Minoan main Southern road at source of,

-------------M.M. Ill, 1. 594 and Fig. 436 c, opp.

11.74

(palm-trees), 596 and Coloured PI. VII,

--------Minoan settlement near, 11. 231

603-9 (lilies, vetches, tulips), n. 469, iv.

Plectrum on painting at Beni Hasan, 11. 837

260

Pliny the Elder cited, iv. 130 n. 2

-------------L.M. I, 11. 469-76 (grasses, crocus,

Plot or garden sign in Linear Script B, iv. 720

lilies, star-anemone, vetches, labiates, bulb

Ploughs on rock-carvings of Col di Tenda, 11.

flowers, olive-sprays), IV. 639-42

170 n. 4

-------------L.M. II, 11. 786, IV. 332, 353

— on talismanic bead-seals, iv. 448

-------------L.M. I—III in hybridized or composite

Plumes (Libyan) worn by bowmen on pre-

forms with elements taken from sacred

dynastic palette, n. 49, 51; by tumblers on

papyrus, &c, 11. 475-80, IV. 322-9

gem, iv. 502-3: and see Helmets, crested,

-------------on faience from Knossos, 11. 188

and Peacock

-------------on frescoes, 1. 426, 537, 538, 539-41,

Plutarch, on discovery of prehistoric writing at

604, 605, 11. 328, 354, 391, 456, 458, 459,

Haliartos, iv. 672

473, 680 n. 1, 749, in. 114, 130, 167-72,

— on Theseus, 1. 9

363> 37!.IV- 1002

Po, valley of, n. 170, 171

------------on gold cup from Mycenae, 11. 188

Podium of Roman amphitheatre, in. 224

-------------on seal stones from Sphungaras, 1.

Polo, Marco, on silver mines near Trebizond,

673

11. 169 n. 2

— and see Crocus, Dittany, Flowers, Grass,

Polygnotos, picture of Odysseus in Hades by,

Hybrid Types, Iris, Leaves, Lilies, Myrtle,

hi. 156

Naturalism, Olive, Reeds, Roses, Trees,

--------Theseus and Peirithoos by, iv. 188 n. 1

Violets, &c.

Polyrrhenia, talismanic bead-seals from, iv. 445

Plaques, crystal, ill. 109, 409, IV. 928, 930

Pomegranate buds, bone inlays of, from W.

— faience, 1. 170,11. 188, 262, 731, iv. 552, 940,

Temple Repositories, 1. 496

941

Pontus, connexion of with Minoan Crete, n.

— glass, iv. 454, 455

658, iv. 764, 766

— gold embossed, 11. 195, 201, 767, 777, 788,

— bull's head rhytons from, n. 538 n. 1

iv. 242, 317

— polychrome vases from, n. 658, 659

— imitation marble, 11. 702

Poppy capsules held by Minoan Goddess on

— ivory, iv. 533, 555

bead-seal from Thisbe, in. 458

— and see Inlays

Porches and porticoes, of Egyptian rock tombs,

Plaster, use of in building, 11. 353, in. 22, iv. 66,

HI. 201

70: and see Stucco

--------M.M. II palaces, 1. 214, 215

Plataea (Cyrenaic), identity of with Seal Island,

--------and see under Knossos

11. 37, 89, 90

Porphyry, M.M. II use of, 1. 211

Platanos, tholos ossuaries at, II. 36, 81

— bowl, Early Dynastic, from Knossos, 1. 65,

— dagger from, 11. 273 n. 1

11. 30, 56, IV. 985 n. 1

— pottery from, 1. 186

--------E.M. II, from Isopata, 1. 87, n. 58