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or the other of these two periods, for they seldom appear before
the M. M. Ill age, although the bronze bowl from Tomb VII is an
exception to this rule. These specimens were so corroded that it
was impossible to ascertain even their dimensions. Both these
tombs appear to have been plundered in the M. M. period, inasmuch
as their type of construction is of much earlier date (E. M. II or III)
than any objects which they contained.

X. a (fig. 27). Three-sided seal of green steatite of M. M. I date
(length 1.2 cm.).

X. b (pig. 27). Signet seal of chalcedony representing a demon-
like creature (diameter of field 1 cm.). This seal is probably of
M. M. in date.

Xo

X. 6

Figube 27. Scale 1:1 and 3 :1

X. c (no illustration). Lentoid seal of black steatite cut with
a design of conventional double axe (diameter of field 2 cm.).

X. d (no illustration). Lentoid seal of black steatite engraved
with design of two insects resembling dragon-flies (diameter of field
1.3 cm.). These two seals are probably of L. M. I date.

Tomb XI

This was the only M. M. I tomb which yielded objects of any
importance. It is an enclosure 2 m. square with low walls built of
small stones. Apparently there was no doorway, but at one point
the wall had given way owing to pressure from the soil above.
The most noticeable fact which differentiates this M. M. I tomb
from those of the E. M. II and E. M. Ill periods was the great
number of black steatite vases and the paucity of early vessels of
brilliantly colored stones. Again, the absence of gold ornaments