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THE VAULTED TOMBS OF MESARA
the unintelligible object like a pick with a head at both ends. This may be an
cemetery animal in the final stage of debased drawing.
iog8 1068 (Plate XIV). This has the designs cut very shallow, an eight-rayed
star or rosette, a hatched cross with the ends of the four arms outsplayed, and
on the third side a hatched design like swastika except that the straight arms
project beyond the hooks.
1137 1137. This, which is not illustrated, has a design on only one of the
three sides, a star formed by crossed lines and four dots between them.
(7) Conical seals
Conical Seals Tholos B produced five conical seals. All have vertical and horizontal
holes.
1052 1052 (Plate XIII). This has a symmetrical design formed by one
undulating line.
1061 and ion 1061 and 1071 (Plate XIV, 1061). These are exactly alike and have the
cone ornamented by shallow curved grooves slanting upwards to the right.
The base has the symbol S within a border. The presence of this symbol on
the border of the sacred table of the Middle Minoan shrine in the Palace of
Phaestos suggests that it had some religious significance.
(8) Pyramidal seals
Pyramidal Seals Two pyramidal seals were found in Tholos B.
1035 1035 (Plate XIII). This is a pyramid with a rectangular base on which is
a St. Andrew's cross with hooks at the ends of the arms all pointing in a clock-
wise direction.
1122 1122 (Plate XV). The design on this (not on the base, which is slightly
convex, but on one side) is a roped border along two of the edges enclosing a
triangular space.
(9) Triangular seals
Triangular Seals Two triangular seals from Tholos B of an original shape are shown on
Plate XV.
loeo 1060. This has a design of five parallel lengths of rope.
1120 1120. This has a bough with leaves symmetrically spaced on each side.
(10) Miscellaneous forms
1066 1066 (Plate XIV). From Tholos B. This is bottle-shaped, with a handle
on top, and has ornamental bands on the round body. The design on the base
consists of a lenticular object with a spiral tail (a debased scorpion ?) and of
two smaller objects, one of which is rather like an hour-glass (a double axe ?),
while the other is a curved line ending in a spiral.
iioo lioo (Plate XIV). From Tholos B. This has a circular base and two
smaller sides meeting at an angle. The star design can only be described as
like a drawing of a child's windmill or of a Catherine-wheel.
THE VAULTED TOMBS OF MESARA
the unintelligible object like a pick with a head at both ends. This may be an
cemetery animal in the final stage of debased drawing.
iog8 1068 (Plate XIV). This has the designs cut very shallow, an eight-rayed
star or rosette, a hatched cross with the ends of the four arms outsplayed, and
on the third side a hatched design like swastika except that the straight arms
project beyond the hooks.
1137 1137. This, which is not illustrated, has a design on only one of the
three sides, a star formed by crossed lines and four dots between them.
(7) Conical seals
Conical Seals Tholos B produced five conical seals. All have vertical and horizontal
holes.
1052 1052 (Plate XIII). This has a symmetrical design formed by one
undulating line.
1061 and ion 1061 and 1071 (Plate XIV, 1061). These are exactly alike and have the
cone ornamented by shallow curved grooves slanting upwards to the right.
The base has the symbol S within a border. The presence of this symbol on
the border of the sacred table of the Middle Minoan shrine in the Palace of
Phaestos suggests that it had some religious significance.
(8) Pyramidal seals
Pyramidal Seals Two pyramidal seals were found in Tholos B.
1035 1035 (Plate XIII). This is a pyramid with a rectangular base on which is
a St. Andrew's cross with hooks at the ends of the arms all pointing in a clock-
wise direction.
1122 1122 (Plate XV). The design on this (not on the base, which is slightly
convex, but on one side) is a roped border along two of the edges enclosing a
triangular space.
(9) Triangular seals
Triangular Seals Two triangular seals from Tholos B of an original shape are shown on
Plate XV.
loeo 1060. This has a design of five parallel lengths of rope.
1120 1120. This has a bough with leaves symmetrically spaced on each side.
(10) Miscellaneous forms
1066 1066 (Plate XIV). From Tholos B. This is bottle-shaped, with a handle
on top, and has ornamental bands on the round body. The design on the base
consists of a lenticular object with a spiral tail (a debased scorpion ?) and of
two smaller objects, one of which is rather like an hour-glass (a double axe ?),
while the other is a curved line ending in a spiral.
iioo lioo (Plate XIV). From Tholos B. This has a circular base and two
smaller sides meeting at an angle. The star design can only be described as
like a drawing of a child's windmill or of a Catherine-wheel.