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Richard Hahn, an instructor of seal carving, examined the tool marks on Minoan seals and confirmed this
observation on technique.
91 Today wax is used as an adhesive.
92 Motif 23:4. Porti, Tholos n. On the dating of this seal supra 91.
93 Cf. Motifs 8:8; 10:22; 53:5-7, etc.
94 Cf. Motifs 2:24; 4:4; 7:14; 19:39.
95 Cf. Motifs 2:25; 23:10, 11, 15-17.
96 Cf. Motifs 2:25; 3:11; 9:5.
97 Personal communication with Richard Hahn 20.VI.78.
98 This possibility was suggested by Boardman, GGFR 43, 381. Pliny's lima appears not to have been a file,
but rather an abrasive stone. W. Fischer, "Zur Entwicklung der Steinschleiftechnik," Der AufschluS (Fest-
schrift Chudoba [1968] 25).
99 Charleston, JGS 6 (1967) 83-84 on wheel cutting. The wheel does not appear to have been used to engrave
complex spirals. Cf. the Tyskiewicz seal (Bittel, Die Hethiter [Munich 1976] 148 figs. 150-152). Richard
Stone suggested the idea of hand polishers to me.
100 For discussions of metal engraving, cf. Aussenberg, Rings 49-56; Younger, Seals 200-204; Yule, Kadmos 16
(1977) 58-59.
101 I have changed my mind on this question (cf. Kadmos 16 [1977] 59 n. 11) and believe that true engrav-
ing existed in the Bronze Age. Maureen Yule, a professional engraver, confirmed this opinion.
102 Personal communication 1.II.78.
103 GGFR 16.
104 This represents the earliest use of the true lathe, which is otherwise undocumented before the third century
BC. Cf. R. Woodbury, "The Origins of the Lathe," Scientific American 208 (1963) 132-144.
Richard Hahn, an instructor of seal carving, examined the tool marks on Minoan seals and confirmed this
observation on technique.
91 Today wax is used as an adhesive.
92 Motif 23:4. Porti, Tholos n. On the dating of this seal supra 91.
93 Cf. Motifs 8:8; 10:22; 53:5-7, etc.
94 Cf. Motifs 2:24; 4:4; 7:14; 19:39.
95 Cf. Motifs 2:25; 23:10, 11, 15-17.
96 Cf. Motifs 2:25; 3:11; 9:5.
97 Personal communication with Richard Hahn 20.VI.78.
98 This possibility was suggested by Boardman, GGFR 43, 381. Pliny's lima appears not to have been a file,
but rather an abrasive stone. W. Fischer, "Zur Entwicklung der Steinschleiftechnik," Der AufschluS (Fest-
schrift Chudoba [1968] 25).
99 Charleston, JGS 6 (1967) 83-84 on wheel cutting. The wheel does not appear to have been used to engrave
complex spirals. Cf. the Tyskiewicz seal (Bittel, Die Hethiter [Munich 1976] 148 figs. 150-152). Richard
Stone suggested the idea of hand polishers to me.
100 For discussions of metal engraving, cf. Aussenberg, Rings 49-56; Younger, Seals 200-204; Yule, Kadmos 16
(1977) 58-59.
101 I have changed my mind on this question (cf. Kadmos 16 [1977] 59 n. 11) and believe that true engrav-
ing existed in the Bronze Age. Maureen Yule, a professional engraver, confirmed this opinion.
102 Personal communication 1.II.78.
103 GGFR 16.
104 This represents the earliest use of the true lathe, which is otherwise undocumented before the third century
BC. Cf. R. Woodbury, "The Origins of the Lathe," Scientific American 208 (1963) 132-144.