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PLATANOS
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circular border a nine-rayed star, with centre filled by a radiated circle; the the
other a similar border within which the round field is divided into three divisions cemetery
by two pairs of fine lines, and between the lines are six leaves arranged in pairs. ST0NE seals
(3) Seals of ' signet' type
The following four seals are of the shape called by Sir Arthur Evans the 'Signet'Type
' signet' type :—
1093 (Plate XV). From Tholos B. This is remarkable for the elegance ™93
of its handle. The base, about a third of which is missing, had a floral design.
1127 (Plate XV). From Tholos r. The middle of the design is filled by 1127
a central dot and two concentric circles. The rest is rudely hatched.
1128. From Tholos B. (Not illustrated.) This had a design of dots set "28
in rows. In shape it is like the two preceding.
1130 (Plate XIV). From Tholos B. This is a three-sided pyramid with mo
the corners rounded off. All the three sides are cut away to take an inlay that
has disappeared. The design is a simple cross enclosed in a lozenge.
(4) A hoof-shaped seal
1088 (Plate XV). From Tholos B. This is a well-executed model of . Hoof-shaped
an ox's cloven hoof. The design on the under side is a triangle with two spirals Seal>1088
at the apex. The upper part is broken off at the suspension hole.
(5) Seal inform of woman
1069 (Plate XV). An odd seal or amulet in the form apparently of a Woman
woman like the small stone figures from Koumasa (128, 129, Plate IV). Her 1069
dress stands out behind in an exaggerated manner not unlike the fashion of
the 'eighties of the last century. The cut design on the base is unintelligible.
(6) Prism seals
Five small three-sided prisms, an M.M. I type, come from Tholos B.1 Prism Seals
1101 (Plate XV). This has a design on each of the three sides, on one a 1101
long-horned quadruped with a kind of hump, on the others unintelligible
groupings of lines, curved and straight, symmetrical enough to suggest the
degenerated form of some heraldic arrangement of animals or men. These
resemble the designs on two other steatite seals, one a three-sided prism from
Kalochorion Pediados, the other a whorl from Hagios Onouphrios.2
1099 (Plate XV). This is cut so that each side is circular and projects like 1099
a disc applied. The designs are rough, an ibex, a scorpion, and a spiral.
1076 (Plate XV). This is like 1099 in shape and in the style of the designs, 1076
an ibex, the usual tree, and on the third side two balls, between which is an
1 Cf. Evans, Pictographs, op. cit., and Further that lead him to believe that the three-sided
Discoveries, J.H.S., XVII, pp. 327-395 ; also, prism type of seal began from the second Early
Kpr)Tu<al 2</j/>ayrSes in 'Ec/>. 'Apx- (1907), creA. Minoan age.
151 f£, ITiv. 6.
Evans (Palace, p. 95) says that he now has data 2 Evans, Palace, p. 68, figs. 37, 38 a.
119
circular border a nine-rayed star, with centre filled by a radiated circle; the the
other a similar border within which the round field is divided into three divisions cemetery
by two pairs of fine lines, and between the lines are six leaves arranged in pairs. ST0NE seals
(3) Seals of ' signet' type
The following four seals are of the shape called by Sir Arthur Evans the 'Signet'Type
' signet' type :—
1093 (Plate XV). From Tholos B. This is remarkable for the elegance ™93
of its handle. The base, about a third of which is missing, had a floral design.
1127 (Plate XV). From Tholos r. The middle of the design is filled by 1127
a central dot and two concentric circles. The rest is rudely hatched.
1128. From Tholos B. (Not illustrated.) This had a design of dots set "28
in rows. In shape it is like the two preceding.
1130 (Plate XIV). From Tholos B. This is a three-sided pyramid with mo
the corners rounded off. All the three sides are cut away to take an inlay that
has disappeared. The design is a simple cross enclosed in a lozenge.
(4) A hoof-shaped seal
1088 (Plate XV). From Tholos B. This is a well-executed model of . Hoof-shaped
an ox's cloven hoof. The design on the under side is a triangle with two spirals Seal>1088
at the apex. The upper part is broken off at the suspension hole.
(5) Seal inform of woman
1069 (Plate XV). An odd seal or amulet in the form apparently of a Woman
woman like the small stone figures from Koumasa (128, 129, Plate IV). Her 1069
dress stands out behind in an exaggerated manner not unlike the fashion of
the 'eighties of the last century. The cut design on the base is unintelligible.
(6) Prism seals
Five small three-sided prisms, an M.M. I type, come from Tholos B.1 Prism Seals
1101 (Plate XV). This has a design on each of the three sides, on one a 1101
long-horned quadruped with a kind of hump, on the others unintelligible
groupings of lines, curved and straight, symmetrical enough to suggest the
degenerated form of some heraldic arrangement of animals or men. These
resemble the designs on two other steatite seals, one a three-sided prism from
Kalochorion Pediados, the other a whorl from Hagios Onouphrios.2
1099 (Plate XV). This is cut so that each side is circular and projects like 1099
a disc applied. The designs are rough, an ibex, a scorpion, and a spiral.
1076 (Plate XV). This is like 1099 in shape and in the style of the designs, 1076
an ibex, the usual tree, and on the third side two balls, between which is an
1 Cf. Evans, Pictographs, op. cit., and Further that lead him to believe that the three-sided
Discoveries, J.H.S., XVII, pp. 327-395 ; also, prism type of seal began from the second Early
Kpr)Tu<al 2</j/>ayrSes in 'Ec/>. 'Apx- (1907), creA. Minoan age.
151 f£, ITiv. 6.
Evans (Palace, p. 95) says that he now has data 2 Evans, Palace, p. 68, figs. 37, 38 a.