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end has four lions much stylised with a quatrefoil in the centre. The narrow the
end has two scorpions facing opposite ways with their tails linked by a curved cemetery
line that divides the design into two. IVORY SEAL5
1042. From a store-room of Tholos A. This has a border round the wide 1042
end composed of twelve two-lobed motifs, each forming a rude semicircle, and
within it three lions facing left. The central space is filled by a semicircle.
The narrow end has a large oval across the centre with four spirals springing
from the ends. Three smaller ovals fill the field. These ovals, Avhich we shall
come across again, are, as my colleague, Dr. Chatzedakis, has pointed out,1 an
abridged and debased form of the scorpion.
1043. From store-room £. This has a border of flowers to the wide end, 1043
and in the centre a quadruped contorted against all nature to give symmetry
to the design. A quatrefoil design fills the small end.
1129. From Tholos B. This is a small cylinder that has been crushed 1129
so that the ends are oval. The larger end has two lions reversed back to back
with their heads in the same direction. They are carefully worked, and the
manes are represented by a network of lines. Three small irregular objects,
perhaps only space fillers, appear between the lions and between their legs.
The small end has a border of leaves, and in the middle a star or flower with
six rays or petals.
1113. From Tholos B. This has lost about a third of its bulk, and the 1113
damage affects both ends. The larger has a border of leaves, and inside two
lions reversed back to back, both walking right and looking backwards. A
kite-shaped object with a tail 2 fills the space in front of one lion. The smaller
end is more damaged, and the only one preserved of its three designs is a fish
or cuttle-fish.
1092. From Tholos B. This is incomplete. On the one end are carved 1092
four lions, very rudely arranged, with perfect irregularity. The narrow end
has two standing figures of men. Each is holding something bulky, perhaps
a pot, in each hand,3 or carrying the two objects on a pole across the shoulders
like a milkman. With the usual desire for symmetry the two figures are reversed,
each being upside down to the other.
1051. From Tholos B. This is smaller but well preserved. The larger iosi
end has six oval or kite-shaped objects with spiral tails arranged in a circle,
with a seventh with two tails in the centre. These ovals are a degenerate
stylised form of scorpions as may be guessed from the central specimen, the
two spirals probably representing the claws of the creature. The narrow end
has a four-rayed star or cross.
1087. From Tholos B. This, which is in excellent preservation, has on 1087
the wide end a quadruped advancing to the right, and above it two alternating
rows of the curved two-lobed ornament that we met with on 1042. The edge
1 'Apx- AtA/r., r6fi. 4 (1918), o-eX. 54-55, (Ik. 4. 3 Cf. Evans, Piclograpks, fig. 55.
2 Perhaps a scorpion ?—J. P. D.
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end has four lions much stylised with a quatrefoil in the centre. The narrow the
end has two scorpions facing opposite ways with their tails linked by a curved cemetery
line that divides the design into two. IVORY SEAL5
1042. From a store-room of Tholos A. This has a border round the wide 1042
end composed of twelve two-lobed motifs, each forming a rude semicircle, and
within it three lions facing left. The central space is filled by a semicircle.
The narrow end has a large oval across the centre with four spirals springing
from the ends. Three smaller ovals fill the field. These ovals, Avhich we shall
come across again, are, as my colleague, Dr. Chatzedakis, has pointed out,1 an
abridged and debased form of the scorpion.
1043. From store-room £. This has a border of flowers to the wide end, 1043
and in the centre a quadruped contorted against all nature to give symmetry
to the design. A quatrefoil design fills the small end.
1129. From Tholos B. This is a small cylinder that has been crushed 1129
so that the ends are oval. The larger end has two lions reversed back to back
with their heads in the same direction. They are carefully worked, and the
manes are represented by a network of lines. Three small irregular objects,
perhaps only space fillers, appear between the lions and between their legs.
The small end has a border of leaves, and in the middle a star or flower with
six rays or petals.
1113. From Tholos B. This has lost about a third of its bulk, and the 1113
damage affects both ends. The larger has a border of leaves, and inside two
lions reversed back to back, both walking right and looking backwards. A
kite-shaped object with a tail 2 fills the space in front of one lion. The smaller
end is more damaged, and the only one preserved of its three designs is a fish
or cuttle-fish.
1092. From Tholos B. This is incomplete. On the one end are carved 1092
four lions, very rudely arranged, with perfect irregularity. The narrow end
has two standing figures of men. Each is holding something bulky, perhaps
a pot, in each hand,3 or carrying the two objects on a pole across the shoulders
like a milkman. With the usual desire for symmetry the two figures are reversed,
each being upside down to the other.
1051. From Tholos B. This is smaller but well preserved. The larger iosi
end has six oval or kite-shaped objects with spiral tails arranged in a circle,
with a seventh with two tails in the centre. These ovals are a degenerate
stylised form of scorpions as may be guessed from the central specimen, the
two spirals probably representing the claws of the creature. The narrow end
has a four-rayed star or cross.
1087. From Tholos B. This, which is in excellent preservation, has on 1087
the wide end a quadruped advancing to the right, and above it two alternating
rows of the curved two-lobed ornament that we met with on 1042. The edge
1 'Apx- AtA/r., r6fi. 4 (1918), o-eX. 54-55, (Ik. 4. 3 Cf. Evans, Piclograpks, fig. 55.
2 Perhaps a scorpion ?—J. P. D.
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