. The palace of Minos : a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustrated by the discoveries at Knossos . T 2 276 THE PALACE OF MINOS, ETC. Prism -seals. Many circular seal-impressions were evidently taken from signets likeFig. 204, h, /, and one at least of these with an elaborate decorativeborder, showing exceptional fineness of engraving (Fig. 205),^ has theappearance of having been impressed by a metal matrix. One of the twohieroglyphs on this is of exceptional interest as representing an eight-stringed lyre. Other types of hieroglyphic signets
. The palace of Minos : a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustrated by the discoveries at Knossos . T 2 276 THE PALACE OF MINOS, ETC. Prism -seals. Many circular seal-impressions were evidently taken from signets likeFig. 204, h, /, and one at least of these with an elaborate decorativeborder, showing exceptional fineness of engraving (Fig. 205),^ has theappearance of having been impressed by a metal matrix. One of the twohieroglyphs on this is of exceptional interest as representing an eight-stringed lyre. Other types of hieroglyphic signets of this class are shownin Fig. 207, b, d. Three- and four-sidedprism-seals were also evidently much in use, andthe more elongated types of these now in vogue (Fig. 207, c, h) were speciallyadapted for containing hieroglyphic formulas. A cornelian seal of this class. Facinghead andfemalecostume.
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