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PLATANOS
121
1077 (Plate XIV). This is button-shaped, with a pierced handle on top the
and a design of three interlacing loops. cemetery
1123 (Plate XV). Tins is long in shape, and flat on the one side, convex
on the other. The flat side has a symmetrical design of straight and curved
lines.
About a dozen more seals, small for the most part, with simple linear
designs, were found in the earth over Tholos B.
One of these, the largest, is in terracotta, an irregular truncated cone. a Terracotta Seal
stone seals
1077
1123
E. Figurines and Amulets. figurines and
amulets
The figurines and amulets from Platanos are of some importance.
(1) A Cycladic Figure.
224 (Plate XV). Only one figure of Cycladic type was found, in contrast Cycladic Statuette
with Koumasa and Hagios Onouphrios, where there were several. This is like 224
the examples from Koumasa 1 and that from the Pyrgos tomb,2 and came from
the region A B. It is cut out of a thin slab of limestone, has a long neck with
an oval head, of which the top half is missing, and the arms and legs are marked
by dividing lines in front and behind. The nose is in relief. The extant
height is -11 m.
(2) Figures of Egyptian Type.
222, 223 (Plate XV). These are two figures of Egyptian type found, the statuettes of
one actually inside Tholos A, the other in an outside burial close by. They are E&5rPtian TyPe
like the Koumasa specimens 3 and the eight others from Hagia Triada.4
222. This is of yellowish-white alabaster almost transparent, and is
•057 m. long.
223. This is of white limestone -055 m. long.
In shape they are much alike. The head is marked by a pointed chin, the
chest is separated by a shallow groove from the lower body, which ends in a
point, so that the figure looks like a child in swaddling clothes or an Egyptian
mummy. Remarks on the resemblance with prehistoric Egyptian forms have
been made.5
(3) Three Ivory Figures. (Plate XV.)
229. An ivory figure very well preserved was found in the southern ivory Figures
cell, No. 4, belonging to Tholos A. It comprises only the head and chest
down to the navel and has no arms. There are three holes, one through
1 Nos. 122-127, Plate XXI, pp. 21 ff. 4 Mem. 1st. tomb., be. cit., p. 251, Tav. XI,
2 'Apx- AeAt., to/x. 4, creX. 163, etV 14. fig. 27.
3 Nos. 130, 131, Plates IV and XXI, L, p. 21. 5 P. 25.
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121
1077 (Plate XIV). This is button-shaped, with a pierced handle on top the
and a design of three interlacing loops. cemetery
1123 (Plate XV). Tins is long in shape, and flat on the one side, convex
on the other. The flat side has a symmetrical design of straight and curved
lines.
About a dozen more seals, small for the most part, with simple linear
designs, were found in the earth over Tholos B.
One of these, the largest, is in terracotta, an irregular truncated cone. a Terracotta Seal
stone seals
1077
1123
E. Figurines and Amulets. figurines and
amulets
The figurines and amulets from Platanos are of some importance.
(1) A Cycladic Figure.
224 (Plate XV). Only one figure of Cycladic type was found, in contrast Cycladic Statuette
with Koumasa and Hagios Onouphrios, where there were several. This is like 224
the examples from Koumasa 1 and that from the Pyrgos tomb,2 and came from
the region A B. It is cut out of a thin slab of limestone, has a long neck with
an oval head, of which the top half is missing, and the arms and legs are marked
by dividing lines in front and behind. The nose is in relief. The extant
height is -11 m.
(2) Figures of Egyptian Type.
222, 223 (Plate XV). These are two figures of Egyptian type found, the statuettes of
one actually inside Tholos A, the other in an outside burial close by. They are E&5rPtian TyPe
like the Koumasa specimens 3 and the eight others from Hagia Triada.4
222. This is of yellowish-white alabaster almost transparent, and is
•057 m. long.
223. This is of white limestone -055 m. long.
In shape they are much alike. The head is marked by a pointed chin, the
chest is separated by a shallow groove from the lower body, which ends in a
point, so that the figure looks like a child in swaddling clothes or an Egyptian
mummy. Remarks on the resemblance with prehistoric Egyptian forms have
been made.5
(3) Three Ivory Figures. (Plate XV.)
229. An ivory figure very well preserved was found in the southern ivory Figures
cell, No. 4, belonging to Tholos A. It comprises only the head and chest
down to the navel and has no arms. There are three holes, one through
1 Nos. 122-127, Plate XXI, pp. 21 ff. 4 Mem. 1st. tomb., be. cit., p. 251, Tav. XI,
2 'Apx- AeAt., to/x. 4, creX. 163, etV 14. fig. 27.
3 Nos. 130, 131, Plates IV and XXI, L, p. 21. 5 P. 25.
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