The palaces of Crete and their builders . vKli]yce, Troper c 0 ye rT)) Xvypci |ypaxpac £ irivaki tttvkto) 0vijio(j)8upa ttoWci, | 3 Halbherr, Monumenti, xiii. p. 39, 1903. L. Savignoni, Resti dell etamiccnea scopertl ad Hagia Triada, Monumenti R. Accad. del Linici, vol. xiii.,1903. A MYCENAEAN VILLA 75 most ancient were made also in wood, steatite, or ivory. In thefrescoes men are seen wearing a bracelet on the wrist with oneof these intaglios, and even at the present day the Pashas and allorientals sign by a seal or with a stamp. I give here some of the devices of seals found at Hagia T
The palaces of Crete and their builders . vKli]yce, Troper c 0 ye rT)) Xvypci |ypaxpac £ irivaki tttvkto) 0vijio(j)8upa ttoWci, | 3 Halbherr, Monumenti, xiii. p. 39, 1903. L. Savignoni, Resti dell etamiccnea scopertl ad Hagia Triada, Monumenti R. Accad. del Linici, vol. xiii.,1903. A MYCENAEAN VILLA 75 most ancient were made also in wood, steatite, or ivory. In thefrescoes men are seen wearing a bracelet on the wrist with oneof these intaglios, and even at the present day the Pashas and allorientals sign by a seal or with a stamp. I give here some of the devices of seals found at Hagia Triadato show the beauty of the intaglios and the vivacious and elegantattitudes of the figures, choosing those designs which show usfamily life, games, and feminine attire, to which I shall devote afurther study in following chapters. In the first (Fig. 30^) aman with a bow is standing bv a lion. As lions no longerexisted in Crete at this time, the design is possibly a record ota journey into Africa whence ivorv was imported. The second.
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