. The palace of Minos : a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustrated by the discoveries at Knossos . 207. a. Royal Bead-seal, Cornelian (f); b, Chalcedony Signet, Mochlos (f)jc, Cornelian, Central Crete (f); d, f. Cornelian (f); e, g, k, Green Jasper, k, Candiadistrict; h, Siteia. a perforation along the major axis containing carbonized remains of the stringby which the merchandise or document was secured (e. g. Fig. 206). Thethree-sided shape of these sealings is itself a natural one for pinched claynodules to assume, which required more than
. The palace of Minos : a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustrated by the discoveries at Knossos . 207. a. Royal Bead-seal, Cornelian (f); b, Chalcedony Signet, Mochlos (f)jc, Cornelian, Central Crete (f); d, f. Cornelian (f); e, g, k, Green Jasper, k, Candiadistrict; h, Siteia. a perforation along the major axis containing carbonized remains of the stringby which the merchandise or document was secured (e. g. Fig. 206). Thethree-sided shape of these sealings is itself a natural one for pinched claynodules to assume, which required more than one face for impressions and in-cised characters. It corresponds moreover with the prevailing three-sidedtype of the seals themselves. 278 THE PALACE OF MINOS, ETC. SealswithHiero-glyphicScript. The hieroglyphic script of Crete itself attains its highest point ofdevelopment by the Second Middle Minoan Period. The sign-groupsengraved on the seals are of more artistic execution, while at the same timea more linearized hieroglyphic script now makes its appearance for the firsttime on clay documents and sealings. Among the inscribed seals of this. Fig. 208. Clay Labels and Perforated Bars with Hieroglyphic Script (B). {^)
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