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TRANSACTIONS, DEPARTMENT OF ARCHAEOLOGY, U. OF P.

small blossom between the flower and leaf is nothing else than a pea or bean
blossom (compare Fig. 48). If the semicircular fields of ornament in PI. Ill
be looked at from the side, it will be seen that the central motive which Dr.
Evans has .connected (PreAMforfc Fow&s, p. 160) with the double axe is
similar to that in Figs. 52 y and 56. It should therefore be regarded as a
conventional flower. A frequent border pattern built up around the same


Fig. 52. a, c, e, f, h and m are from J. H. & 1903, XXIII, p. 192, Fig. 10 and
p. 197, Fig. 13; b, d and g are from PreAfs^oHc PI. C, opp. p. 156,
Pi. Cl, opp. p. 157 and p. 158, Fig. 143; i, j and 1 are from pottery found in
1900 in Knossos houses by Mr. D. G. Hogarth.'
papyrus core is shown in Fig. 53d During this period the tendency is
gaining ground to fill in the field of the flower with lines (Fig. 52, 5, J, and f).
This tendency develops parallel to the Aorrcr unciA which indicates not only a
dearth of artistic inspiration but also the decline of imitative design. For

i For permission to publish these last designs and Figs. 53, 56, 58, 59 and 60, I am
indebted to the courtesy of Mr. Hogarth.
^ Compare the design in the upper right corner of the lower mould in Schliemann,
dH/ceyme, p. 107, Xo. 162.