Tsuntas, Chrestos: The Mycenaean age: a study of the monuments and culture of pre-homeric Greece (London, 1897)

INDEX

399

of bronze, (V.) 145; 207-8, 256, (Crete)

203, (Rhone) 359 n.;
copper, (Troy) 207;
gold (models), (M. iv.) 90, 207;
stone, (Troy) 349 n.;
inlaid, (Egypt) 232;
design on gold signet, 298;
on seal-stone, (Crete) 235;
on silver ox-head, 103 ;
inlaid on dagger:blade, 200, 208, 234,

265, 267;
as hieroglyphic symbol, 273, 276, 288.

Babylonian (Chaldaean) chariot, 351 ;

decorations, 230-1, 357 n.;

dress, 173 ;

influence, 256;

wall-painting, 238;
Bahnson, 187 n.

Balances, (M. iii.) 88, 105, (V.) 145.
Baltic regions, amber from, 180, 357 ;

idols from, 257 n.
Barley, found at Thera, 263, 353.
Bastion, protecting gate, (M.) 29, 377,

(Troy) 370, (Gha) 376-7.
Bath-room, (T.) 48.
Battle-scene on ring, 90;

see also Siege-Scene.
Beads, 180;

amber, (M. iii.) 88, (M.) 101; 146;

amethyst, (V.) 145, 182;

glass-paste, 146, (M.) 176;

gold, (M. iii.) 88; 101, 146, (M.) 176,
180-1 ;

triangular, 180;

see also Seal-stones.
Beehive-tombs, xxvi.. 115-131, 139-143,
217, 322, 371,3S3-5, 387, 395;

built by Achaeans, 344;

elliptical (Thoricus), 383;

lack certain offerings, 146, 226;

origin of, 245-9, 326;

plundered, 131, 140, 341, 384, 387 n.;

tomb N. of Lions' Gate, 124-6;

see also Atreus, Clytemnestra, Orcho-
menos.
Belger on Grave-Circle, 84,108,155-157 ;

Treasury of Atreus, i20 n.
Bellerophon, 81.

Beloeh, on scarabs as chronological evi-
dence, 319 n. ;

on Mycenaean chronology, 321 n.,
340-1.
Belts, 160, (M.) 171, 203;

of bronze, (M.) 174;

of gold, (M. v.) 93, 203.
Benches, of stone, at door, 56, 64;

in house, 49, 72 ;

in tomb, 130, 136.
Bent, 256.

Bible, (2 Sam. i. 24) 190.
Bie, 253 n.

Biliotti excavates tombs at Ialysos in

Rhodes, 5.
Binia, in Boeotia, 375.
Birds, design on pottery, 240, 243 ;

in gold pendant, 390;

as hieroglyphic symbol, 273;

wild, 352 ;

see also Doves, Ducks, Goose, Owls,
Swans.
Bliss, F. J., excavates at Tell-el-Hesy,

281.
Boars' tusks from helmet, (M. iv.) 196..

(H.) 197.
Boat, design in gold pendant, 390 ;

as hieroglyphic symbol, 274;

rare in Mycenaean art, 333.
Boeotia, geometric decoration in, 380;

pottery of, 381;

shield, 392.
Bologna, bronze from, 390.
Bone, buttons, 90, 233 ;

comb, 178;

handles, 199, 204 ;

idols, 296;

needles, (Trov) 349 n.
Bones, of animals, xxvi., 69, 96,152, 263;

human, 372, 383, 385-6;

see also Skeletons.
Bosnia, Mycenaean fibulae in, 359.
Bosses of bronze on helmet, 196.
Bow, 159, 201, 205-6, 209, 213;

on engraved gem, 298.
Bowl, bronze, 74;

earthen, (Gha) 381;

silver, (M. iv.) 90 ;

stone, (V.) 145.
Box, ivory, 77, (Menidi) 145, (Thoricus)'
385;

stone, 251,259-60;

wooden, 77.
Bracelets, 180, 183 ; ■

of engraved gems, (V.) 145, 165;

gold, (M. iii.) 88, (M. iv.) 90; 165,
(Troy) 225 n., (Aegina) 390, 392; as
money, 392-3.
Branches, figured on signet, 304.
Brauron, cemeteries at, 9, 131, 386.
Breast, woman's, design in pendant from

Aegina, 392.
Breastplate, 162, 194. 210;

of gold, (M. iv.) 90, (M. v.) 93; 99.
Breccia, xxiv., 50, 123, 218 ;

used for basis, (M.) 121;

door-sill (T.) 48, (Gha) 380;

gate, (M.)29;

lintel, (M.) 125.
Bricks, xix., 43, 50,109, 238, 367-8, 371 r

none in first Trojan city, 367.
Bridges, 35-37.
British Museum, bronze from, 390 ;

" Mykenaean Treasure " at, 9, 325,
389-94.