. The palace of Minos : a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustrated by the discoveries at Knossos . > w eg cfi (-1 w *^ ?so o p u w fa hJ < M SW U3 o p^ M. M. Ill: THE PALACE POTTERY STORES 559. Fig. 407. Cappadocian VaseFragment. and the clay stoppers of vessels with liquid contents may have been directlyimpressed. The griffin as a guardian of treasure was naturally adapted foruse on such official signets ^ and various representations of the monster are infact found among the seal impressions of this epoch.^ Another obvious sacraltype w
. The palace of Minos : a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustrated by the discoveries at Knossos . > w eg cfi (-1 w *^ ?so o p u w fa hJ < M SW U3 o p^ M. M. Ill: THE PALACE POTTERY STORES 559. Fig. 407. Cappadocian VaseFragment. and the clay stoppers of vessels with liquid contents may have been directlyimpressed. The griffin as a guardian of treasure was naturally adapted foruse on such official signets ^ and various representations of the monster are infact found among the seal impressions of this epoch.^ Another obvious sacraltype was the Double Axe, and evidence will be given below that a speciallysphragistic form of this, exemplified by the hieroglyphic sealings of Knossos, did in fact give origin to a curious class ofwinged goblins that appear on Melianewers of the immediately preceding epoch.^A parallel griffin type from the samesource with a less outstretched action madeits way about the same epoch across theAegean, in this case too, doubtless, throughCycladic adaptations. In the secondary as-pect of this, which alone has been preservedto us, the hind as well as the fore legs ofthe prototype are still traceable but thewings have been interpreted as vesse
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