. The palace of Minos : a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustrated by the discoveries at Knossos . ignsare still of a somewhat rude and archaic form, is the special product ofM. M. I. The materials are chiefly found on steatite bead-seals, of the samethree- or four-sided shape as those presenting the antecedent class of picto- R. Paribeni, Man. Ant., xiv, PI. 44, Figs. p. 718, Fig. 541, a, b, , cf. pp. 704, 705. Compare the remark- Z« origini della civilta mediterranea, able engraved dagger-blade from Lasethi, p. 234 seqq. 02 196 TH
. The palace of Minos : a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustrated by the discoveries at Knossos . ignsare still of a somewhat rude and archaic form, is the special product ofM. M. I. The materials are chiefly found on steatite bead-seals, of the samethree- or four-sided shape as those presenting the antecedent class of picto- R. Paribeni, Man. Ant., xiv, PI. 44, Figs. p. 718, Fig. 541, a, b, , cf. pp. 704, 705. Compare the remark- Z« origini della civilta mediterranea, able engraved dagger-blade from Lasethi, p. 234 seqq. 02 196 THE PALACE OF MINOS, ETC. graphic signs, but somewhat elongated (Fig. 143).^ Some seal impressionsare also known, including Fig. 144, found together with the dove vase ,Fig. 107 above,^ and other early M. M. I types on the original floor of theearly Pillar Basement to the South-East of the Palace site at Knossos.^ Thefragments from the Vat-Room deposit belong to the same class. These areof special synchronistic value since they show that this advance in the Art ofWriting had been already achieved before the foundation of the Palace as weknow b c d Fig. 143. Faces of Three-sided Steatite Bead-Seals showingHieroglyphs of Class A. (f) Con-tinueduse ofIvorySeals. Hemi-Cylinders.
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