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)

SEAL-STONES

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SEAL-STONES

Seal-stones, L.M. \b (cont.)
Amygdaloid (or 'glandular') 'grooved back'
type, now of common use. Cornelian,
Knossos, charioteer in chariot of Class
B, IV. 815, 816 (Fig. 795); similar from
Vapheio Tomb, ib. 815, 816
cornelian, Crete, cow licking hind-leg (re-
sembling Vapheio type), iv. 560 (Fig.

523)

haematite, Crete (1888), two lions couch-
ant in reversed positions (resembles oxen
type on Vapheio, &c, lentoids), transition
to 'elongated' class, iv. 585 (Fig. 570)

ends square-cut and design set vertically:
cornelian, Central Crete; Minoan Genii
and tree, IV. 453 (Fig. 377)

banded cornelian (set vertically), Hydra:
Minoan Genius between two attendant
youthful figures, iv. 466 (Fig. 391)

group of five gold specimens from
'Thisbe Treasure'; Minoan Goddess (as
Persephone-Gaia), holding poppy-cap-
sules, assisted to rise from Earth by
youthful attendant, m. 458 (Fig. 319);
Goddess with female attendants pouring
liquid into jar from one-handled ewer,
fruit-tree behind, ill. 451 (Fig. 376 a);
design connected with vegetation charms,
ib.; paralleled by type of L.M. II sealing
from Knossos, in. 451 (Fig. 376 b), 452;
Goddess (as Diktynna) shooting stag, iv.
577 (F*g- 561), 578; Goddess holding
two waterfowl, back only shown, in. 516
(Fig. 460 d); huntsman spearing charging
lion, iv. 575 (Fig. 552).

elongated oval type—group of three beads
in gold plate (perhaps for necklace
front), 'Thisbe' Tomb, with heroic
scenes, ill. 513 seqq.; (a) Minoan Oedipus
as youthful warrior attacking Sphinx,
iv. 513 (Fig. 457 a), 514; (b) the same
attacking warrior in chariot with rocks
above (Minoan Laios), iv. 513 (Fig. 457
b), 514; (c) scene apparently illustrating
murder of Aigisthos and Klytemnestra
by Orestes, iv. 514 (Figs. 458, 459), 515,

517. 5i8
— agate, H. Pelagia, W. of Knossos, hunts-
man stabbing overthrown agrimi, iv. 576,
577 (Fig- 559)- In this and some other

Seal-stones, L.M. lb, Amygdaloid (or 'glandu-
lar') 'grooved back' type (cont.)

cases, these elongated amygdaloids were
cut out of ordinary cylindrical beads, with
bulging middle, such as were much in
vogue from the beginning of the Late
Minoan Age
— design, set vertically, applied to a series
of figures of long-robed princely and
sacerdotal personages: haematite, Knos-
sos, personage with bow, iv. 413 (Fig.
342); similar, of haematite, holding axes
of Syro-Egyptian type, Vatheia, W. of
Knossos, iv. 414 (Fig. 343 a); Knossos,
by Room of the Throne: dolphin beside
figure, ib. (b); Vapheio Tomb, ib. (c);
green jasper, Knossos, youthful person-
age in similar long robe holding Rock-
Dove, iv. 405 (Fig. 336), 406 (Fig. 337
a, b), 495 (Fig. 433, section and back)
cornelian, Vapheio Tomb, ecstatic female
dancing figure, holding flute, ill. 69

(Fig- 39)
Lentoids (selected examples):
Ritual Subjects:

cornelian, flounced figure of votary or God-
dess holding horned sheep, iv. 571 (Fig.

545)
peaked helmet set with boars' tusks and

with two ram's horns, cornelian, Vapheio

Tomb, iv. 693 (Fig. 675)
long-robed priestly personage leading

Griffin (looking back towards him) by

cord, Jasper, Vapheio Tomb, 11. 785

(Fig- 5«)

pair of Griffins tethered to column on altar-
base, Mycenae, in. 511 (Fig. 361), 514,
515; its relation to earlier Griffin Relief
of Great E. Hall, ib.

agate Ientoid depicted on wrist of Cup-
bearer of Fresco, n. 705

Minoan Genius in various relations, chalce-
dony Ientoid, carrying bull, iv. 435 (Fig.
358 b); carrying stag, between two stars,
iv. 441 (Fig. 361); serpentine, Crete,
carrying lions on pole, iv. 522 (Fig. 468);
E.M. Ill scheme, as applied to hunter,
ib. (Fig. 466); leading lion, 444(Fig. 369);
onyx, Vapheio Tomb, two Genii water-
ing nursling palms, sacral horns and