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THE MYCENAEAN AGE
Hiero-
glyphic
systkm :
Seal-stones
subject-matter of the present work is obvious; and we must
therefore pass in review Mr. Evans* main results and attempt
to determine their bearing on the general problem of My-
cenaean culture.
These engraved " seal-stones," to use Mr. Evans' term
(though it is strictly applicable only to a part of them), he
arranges in five groups : —
I. Three-sided or prism-shaped, including two
varieties, — one elongated, the other globular.
II. Four-sided equilateral.
III. Four-sided with two larger faces.
IV. With one engraved side, the upper part being orna-
mented with a convoluted relief.
V. Stones of ordinary Mycenaean type.
Mr. Evans describes twenty-one of these stones, most of
them belonging to the first three groups. About eighty
hieroglyphic symbols are engraved on them.1
One of his reproductions is made from an
impression of a seal which Sayce saw in
Athens, and another represents a stone ob-
tained at Sparta.2 All the rest of his exam-
ples are from Crete. These stones are all
small, the largest being not more than .022
m. in length or diameter.
The objects of most frequent recurrence in these symbols
are:3 —
"The human eye. A bent arm with expanded fingers.
A bent arm with curved instrument. Two arms crossed,
Fig. 140. Seal at
Athens
1 A single four-sided seal^stone from Siteia has now added six new symbols
{Academy, June 13, 1896).
2 Now known to be from Crete. See Evans, Cretan Pictographs, p. 137
(London and New York, 1895).
8 See Mr. Evans' account, in the Athenaeum, No. 3478.
THE MYCENAEAN AGE
Hiero-
glyphic
systkm :
Seal-stones
subject-matter of the present work is obvious; and we must
therefore pass in review Mr. Evans* main results and attempt
to determine their bearing on the general problem of My-
cenaean culture.
These engraved " seal-stones," to use Mr. Evans' term
(though it is strictly applicable only to a part of them), he
arranges in five groups : —
I. Three-sided or prism-shaped, including two
varieties, — one elongated, the other globular.
II. Four-sided equilateral.
III. Four-sided with two larger faces.
IV. With one engraved side, the upper part being orna-
mented with a convoluted relief.
V. Stones of ordinary Mycenaean type.
Mr. Evans describes twenty-one of these stones, most of
them belonging to the first three groups. About eighty
hieroglyphic symbols are engraved on them.1
One of his reproductions is made from an
impression of a seal which Sayce saw in
Athens, and another represents a stone ob-
tained at Sparta.2 All the rest of his exam-
ples are from Crete. These stones are all
small, the largest being not more than .022
m. in length or diameter.
The objects of most frequent recurrence in these symbols
are:3 —
"The human eye. A bent arm with expanded fingers.
A bent arm with curved instrument. Two arms crossed,
Fig. 140. Seal at
Athens
1 A single four-sided seal^stone from Siteia has now added six new symbols
{Academy, June 13, 1896).
2 Now known to be from Crete. See Evans, Cretan Pictographs, p. 137
(London and New York, 1895).
8 See Mr. Evans' account, in the Athenaeum, No. 3478.