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THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF CRETE
numbers.1 In PI. XII, i, the middle row shows typical ex-
amples of this type, with a triangular pointed body, a triangular
or rhomboidal head, and in one case rudimentary arm stumps,
these are from Trapeza, while the top and bottom figures on
the right in PI. XII, 2, are from Platanos. The materials are
exclusively limestone and crystal. Their foreign affinities we
shall discuss later, but I think we are already justified in
considering them as original products of the Messara whence
they were exported or, in the case of Trapeza, imitated.
The seals of the period are also a difficulty. There are only
three well-stratified examples, all from Mokhlos 2 (Fig. 10),
while one more from Mokhlos and one from Sphoungaras are
of the same style although E.M.iii pottery as well as E.M.11
was present.3 They are of ivory or steatite—easy materials to
Fig. 10.—Early Minoan 11 Seals
cut. Three from Mokhlos are cylinders pierced both vertically
and horizontally, one is a signet, while that from Sphoungaras
has a bird's head.
Two of the designs shown in the figure are of a distinctly
Egyptian type, the other has a simple lattice pattern at one
end and at the other conventional scrolls. In any case, they
must belong to the end of the period, and we may well agree
with Frankfort 4 that it is really with E.M.m that Minoan
glyptic art begins.
One of the most surprising results of the work at Mokhlos
was the extraordinary amount of gold which was found and
the skill shown in fashioning it. PI. XIII, 1, shows a typical
group of objects, all well stratified to this period except the
1 The only other examples are Knossos, P. of M., II, 31 ; Mokhlos,
Mochlos, Fig. 47, s ; Palaikastro, B.S.A., Sup., 149 ; two bought and
one a surface find. The other figurines from Trapeza which we at
first attributed to E.M.n are, we are now convinced, E.M.m. .
2 Mochlos, 34, 54, 108.
3 Ibid., 70, and Sphoungaras, 52. 1 Studies, II, 123.
THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF CRETE
numbers.1 In PI. XII, i, the middle row shows typical ex-
amples of this type, with a triangular pointed body, a triangular
or rhomboidal head, and in one case rudimentary arm stumps,
these are from Trapeza, while the top and bottom figures on
the right in PI. XII, 2, are from Platanos. The materials are
exclusively limestone and crystal. Their foreign affinities we
shall discuss later, but I think we are already justified in
considering them as original products of the Messara whence
they were exported or, in the case of Trapeza, imitated.
The seals of the period are also a difficulty. There are only
three well-stratified examples, all from Mokhlos 2 (Fig. 10),
while one more from Mokhlos and one from Sphoungaras are
of the same style although E.M.iii pottery as well as E.M.11
was present.3 They are of ivory or steatite—easy materials to
Fig. 10.—Early Minoan 11 Seals
cut. Three from Mokhlos are cylinders pierced both vertically
and horizontally, one is a signet, while that from Sphoungaras
has a bird's head.
Two of the designs shown in the figure are of a distinctly
Egyptian type, the other has a simple lattice pattern at one
end and at the other conventional scrolls. In any case, they
must belong to the end of the period, and we may well agree
with Frankfort 4 that it is really with E.M.m that Minoan
glyptic art begins.
One of the most surprising results of the work at Mokhlos
was the extraordinary amount of gold which was found and
the skill shown in fashioning it. PI. XIII, 1, shows a typical
group of objects, all well stratified to this period except the
1 The only other examples are Knossos, P. of M., II, 31 ; Mokhlos,
Mochlos, Fig. 47, s ; Palaikastro, B.S.A., Sup., 149 ; two bought and
one a surface find. The other figurines from Trapeza which we at
first attributed to E.M.n are, we are now convinced, E.M.m. .
2 Mochlos, 34, 54, 108.
3 Ibid., 70, and Sphoungaras, 52. 1 Studies, II, 123.