Ægean archæeology; an introduction to the archæeology of prehistoric Greece . ltar which wesee so often represented with the double axe or thesacred pillar. To call this peculiar object an altar is in reality erroneous, as we have actual specimens of itin rough pottery, which shew us that it was not an altarof any kind, but simply a ritual object, shaped like thehorns of an ox, which was used in religious presence in a representation of any kind decisivelymarks the religious character of the scene (as on the Gournid, PI. I. ScHUCHHARDT, SchUemafin, Fig. 248. 154 AEGEAN ARCHAEOLOG
Ægean archæeology; an introduction to the archæeology of prehistoric Greece . ltar which wesee so often represented with the double axe or thesacred pillar. To call this peculiar object an altar is in reality erroneous, as we have actual specimens of itin rough pottery, which shew us that it was not an altarof any kind, but simply a ritual object, shaped like thehorns of an ox, which was used in religious presence in a representation of any kind decisivelymarks the religious character of the scene (as on the Gournid, PI. I. ScHUCHHARDT, SchUemafin, Fig. 248. 154 AEGEAN ARCHAEOLOGY steatite fragment, PI. XV, 2) ; and the presence of theactual object decisivel)^ indicates a shrine. A small shrine of this kind, dating from the period ofpartial reoccupation in the Third Late Minoan period,was found in the Knossian Palace.^ On a ledge of earthabout a foot high from the floor, were the rude clay horns of consecration, with two or three primitive-looking divine images, also of pottery. The lower partof each figure was a cylindrical box, out of which rose.
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