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)

RACQUET [145] REEDS

Racquet pattern, on M.M. Ha pottery from

Ras-Shamra (cont.)

Harageh, 11. 216, IV. 108; from Knossos,

— silver bowl, with Minoan inscriptions, from,

11. 213, in. 250, iv. S3

iv. 782

--------on M.M. lib pottery, IV. 136, 137

— stone weight from, iv. 530

--------on L.M. la pottery, II. 218, iv. 267

— tablets from, IV. 451, 781, 782

--------on seals, II. 217

— tombs at, of corbelled construction and

Ragusa (Dubrovnik), earthquake at in a.d. 1667,

form identical with Royal Tomb at Isopata,

11. 321 n. 1, 322, iv. 990 n. 1

iv. 771 et seqq.

Rain pictograph, origin of drop sign, iv. 658

--------blind openings in these also paralleled by

Rain-bringing rites, on gold signet-ring from

Isopata tombs (for percolation of libations),

Thisbe and clay sealing from Knossos, iv.

iv. 771 et seqq.

4Si, 452

Raulin, Dr. V., on seismic zone in Crete, 11.

--------on gems from Mainland, iv. 550

313,1V. 989 n. 2

--------'talismanic' bead-seals relating to, iv.

Ravens on Hagia Triada sarcophagus, 1. 440

446-50: (see too under Vegetation Charms)

— as symbol of divinity, 1. 447

Rainfall, evidence of greater amount of in

Razors, bronze, from pit in Sepulchral Chamber

Minoan Crete, 11. 462-4

of Temple Tomb at Knossos, iv. 1004

— increase of in Cyprus after afforestation, 11.

— obsidian, from W. Magazines, iv. 635

463 n. 1

Reber, Dr. G. F., steatite Sphinx from Tylissos

Ram, clay votive, inscribed with Linear Class

in collection of, in. 425

A characters from Eski Samsoun, iv. 768

Recipe, Egyptian medical, mention of Keftiu

— in Minoan sphragistic designs of, iv. 571

herbs in, 11. 748 n. 1

— on gold signet-ring from Dendra, iv. 171

Rectangular houses, E.M. I, 1. 70

Ram's horn, as crest of helmet on Vapheio gem,

--------M.M. I, 1. 147

iv. 868

Red paint, ritual use of, iv. 3

Rameses II, on relief of battle of Kadesh, in.

— pigment inlaid, on Middle Neolithic incised

8"

ware, 1. 36

Rameses III, raids of Akaiwasha in time of, II.

Red Sea, habitat of Tridacna, 11. 46

346

--------Neolithic trade of with Mediterranean,

Ramesseum at Thebes, sculptures of Hippo-

iv. 109

potamus goddess on, iv. 434

Reeds, as offering to Minoan Goddess on

-------------siege of Tabor on, ill. 104

signet-ring from Thisbe, ill. 473

Ramman Martu, on Babylonian cylinder from

— compared with 'Entry of the Reed' in spring

Candia, 11. 266

feast of Attis, ill. 473 (at end of par. for

Randall-Mclver, Dr., on circles at Msila, 11.

'wreaths' read 'reeds')

38

— Minoan development of as ornamental

Rapiers, see Swords

motive, n. 627 n. 2

Ras-Shamra, Minoan colony at, iv. 533, 557,

— in Minoan frescoes, M.M. \l\b, 1. 426, 539,

770

ii- 378, 39i

— alabaster vase from, representing Minoan

------------L.M. la, n. 450

adaptation of Middle Kingdom Egyptian

-------------('striated' type) L.M. II, iv. 890-2,

type, IV. 778, 779

910-12 (Griffin frieze): at Mycenae (as late

— cuneiform alphabet on tablets from Library

Knossian fashion), iv. 1013 and Suppl.

at, iv. 781, 782

PI. LXVI, c. 1, c. 2

— Cypro-Minoan connexions of faience mask

— as bath decoration, M.M. III6,1. 580; L.M.

and head-shaped goblet from, iv. 776

II, in. 384-6

— ivory carvings from, iv. 557

— (or grass) on pottery, M.M. Ill, 1. 556, 579,

— Knossian L.M. II traditions on pottery from,

605

iv. 776, 777

--------L.M. la, n. 101, iv. 1002 (on 'flower-pot'

— Linear Script B used at, iv. 782

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