Zeus : a study in ancient religion . Addenda 1221. 1896 ii. c;o5 figs. 450—455. Seven little hatchets of bronze were found, inscribed lOVI,MIHERVAE, etc. ii. 625 n. 3. Mr A. J. B. Wace, lecturing to the Classical Society at Cambridge onNov. 27, 1922, described how in th* last seasonsdig at Mykenai the British School had ex-cavated various tombs outside the town. In theentrance to tomb no. 515 were found two seal-stones, dating from s. xv , with an almostidentical device. Above a stepped base stands a Minoan goddess, flanked by a pair of lions erectupon their hind legs. On her head she supp
Zeus : a study in ancient religion . Addenda 1221. 1896 ii. c;o5 figs. 450—455. Seven little hatchets of bronze were found, inscribed lOVI,MIHERVAE, etc. ii. 625 n. 3. Mr A. J. B. Wace, lecturing to the Classical Society at Cambridge onNov. 27, 1922, described how in th* last seasonsdig at Mykenai the British School had ex-cavated various tombs outside the town. In theentrance to tomb no. 515 were found two seal-stones, dating from s. xv , with an almostidentical device. Above a stepped base stands a Minoan goddess, flanked by a pair of lions erectupon their hind legs. On her head she supports adouble axe, which rises from the centre of acouple of two-headed snakes connected by cross-bars—apparently a serpentine substitute for themore usual horns of consecration (cp. Brif. Mjis,Cat. Jewellery p. 54 f. no. 762 pis. 6 and 7).Fig. 1014 is enlarged \ from a cast supplied to meby the British Museum. The main differencebetween the two stones is that on this one thelions tails curl upwards, on the other down-wards. Mr Wace aptly drew
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