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)

SAMAS

[156]

SCHIST

Samas, Babylonian sun-God, iv. 47 n. 5

Samson, I v. 476

Sanctuary, see Shrine

Sandal, worn by Minoan tributary on tomb of

Rekhmara, 11. 728
Sanitation, Minoan, advanced character of, I. 2,

in. 387: and see under Knossos, Drains
Santorin Island, see Thera
Sappho, Ode to Aphrodite, iv. 412 n. 2
Saqqara, pottery from, n. 497, 750, iv. 271
Saracens, foundation of Candia by, 11. 231
Sarakina, East Crete, green steatite from, iv. 232
Sarcophagi, see Burials
Sard, bead-seals of, iv. 587, 815, 816
Sardinia, Nuraghe of, 1. 106,11. 181

— bone stud from rock-grave in, 11. 170 n. 1

— copper ingots from, n. 624

— pottery of Cretan Neolithic type from, 1. 21
Sardonyx, seals of, from Avdu, iv. 822, 823
-------from Gela, iv. 536

-------from Mycenae, ill. 125, iv. 514

-------from Vapheio, in. 116, iv. 418, 544, 820

Sargon of Akkad, influence of in Mediterranean,

iv. 425

-------conquest of Amurru by, n. 264

-------relief of, symmetrical lions on sword

sheath, II. 274
Sarpedon, I. 9, 10, IV. 47
Sarzec, Monsieur de, I. 15
Sati, perhaps represented in siege scene on

tomb of Anta, in. 102 n. 3
Saturnia, halberd blade from, 11. 172 n. 1
Saturnus Balcarensis, on Punic monuments, 11.

39n-S

— African sky god, 11. 191

Saul, armour of hung in temple of Ashtoreth at
Beth-Shan, iv. 168

— ecstasy of on joining Prophets, in. 69
Savignoni, Dr. L., on steatite cup, n. 47 n. 4
Saws, invention of ascribed to Talos, 11. 116 n. 1,

672

— Minoan use of on gypsum, n. 632

-----------on liparite, n. 671

-----------on obsidian, n. 671

-----------on stone, 11. 671

-----------in M.M. Ill buildings at Knossos,

11. 671; at Mycenae, 11. 671

-------bronze, from Hagia Triada, n. 632, iv. 798

-----------from Knossos, n. 629, 632, 672

— from Neolithic sites in Sahara, 11. 222 n. 5

Saw sign, in Linear Script B, iv. 797

-------as carpenter's sign on Chariot Tablets,

iv. 797
Sayce, Prof., on date of Cappadocian sealing,

1. 15 n. 3, 11. 259 n. 4
-------on Hittite script on silver boss of Tarkon-

demos, iv. 713 n. 2

-------on source of silver, n. 169 n. 2

-------inscribed votive clay ram obtained by,

from Eski Samsoun (Amisos), iv. 768
Scale-patterns in embroidery, 11. 731

— in faience inlays, M.M. II, from Knossos, I.

312, 313,11.731; represent rocky landscape,

i- 3J3

— in fresco fragments from beneath Corridor of

the Procession, n. 734
Scales (or balance), L.M. \\\b bronze, from
Chamber Tomb at Mavro Spelio, 11. 556,
iv. 661

— gold, for weighing of souls, from 3rd Shaft

Grave at Mycenae, in. 151, iv. 661

— on early inscribed libation bowls, iv. 656, 657

— on inscribed tablets of Class A, iv. 658, of

Class B, iv. 660, 661

— on Cypro-Minoan krater: charioteer with

steward holding scales, iv. 659 and Fig.
646 (strangely interpreted as 'Zeus holding
the scales of destiny', ib. n. 2)
Scandinavia, halberds from, n. 170

— hut-urns from, n. 132

— and see Scania, Sweden
Scania, hut-urns from, n. 132 n. 4
Scarab, see Beetle, Seal

Sceptre sign in Linear Script B, Egyptian origin
of, iv. 687, 688: and see Throne and
Sceptre sign

Schaeffer, Prof. Claude F.-A., discoveries of at
Minet-el-Beida and Ras-Shamra, iv. 530

n-3.533>77°-9-782-4
Scheffer, Johann, on Lapp troll-drums, in. 315
Schist, brown, M.M. la, ceremonial axe of

from Palace at Mallia, n. 270-4, 794, IV.

416,417,845

— green, quarries of, at Rogdhea, IV. 992
-----------at Spinalunga, n. 670

-------slabs of, used under painted stucco in

M.M. Ill—L.M. I houses, n. 683

-----------used for paving in M.M. Ill and

L.M. I, in. 360 n. 2; at Anemomylia, II.
255 ; at Knossos, 11. 670, 684, 690, 692, 812,