The palaces of Crete and their builders . or bells. /J^~ ,An ivory cube, with an intaglio on each {a^--jc ^ (Fig- 117)5 shows signs of Egyptian v^/^/ \influence. They belong to the second \r7/;/jIT^^*---^^.L^part of the first Minoan period, and ^^^-^*^-^^^are contemporaneous with the tombs ...^ near the villagre of Koumasa, where I . ° FIG. Iiy^Z.—IVORY SEAL studied the idols and weapons of copper found at hagia silver as well as the skulls. The figure of the wild goat, the sheep, and the sow show a certainskill with the burin. III. Animals of a less archaic period were found at Pal
The palaces of Crete and their builders . or bells. /J^~ ,An ivory cube, with an intaglio on each {a^--jc ^ (Fig- 117)5 shows signs of Egyptian v^/^/ \influence. They belong to the second \r7/;/jIT^^*---^^.L^part of the first Minoan period, and ^^^-^*^-^^^are contemporaneous with the tombs ...^ near the villagre of Koumasa, where I . ° FIG. Iiy^Z.—IVORY SEAL studied the idols and weapons of copper found at hagia silver as well as the skulls. The figure of the wild goat, the sheep, and the sow show a certainskill with the burin. III. Animals of a less archaic period were found at Palaikastro,and have been described by Mr. They were votivefigures, which were brought to a divinity regarded as a protectorof health, and they belong to the middle Minoan period. Withthe animals many arms and legs were tound ; they are not madein a mould by the-dozen, but each object shows some charac-teristic. Some have a perforation for suspension, others were Evans, The Palace of Kaossos, ii. p. Vide Chapter VI. op. 250 PALACES OF CRETE AXD THEIR BUILDERS placed on the ground. Some arms have a bracelet painted inwhite on the wrist. In accordance with what is becoming to the severity of a templeand to offerings made to a divinity in the hope of a cure, thenude figures are unsuggestive. Some pendent and flaccid breastssuggest scirrhus or cancer. In the female figures the sexualorgans are sometimes clearly indicated, and possibly are ex votifor female diseases. Nervous affections are represented by hemi-plegia, or paralysis of one half of the body, such as results fromthe bursting of a blood-vessel on the brain. Besides these figures,in which only one half of the body is represented, there are othervotive objects, consisting of one foot, one hand, one leg, or onearm. Though it is difficult to be certain, yet we may be pretty
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