Explorations in the Island of Mochlos (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 Excerpt: ... period, inasmuch as their type of construction is of much earlier date (E. M. II or III) than any objects which they contained. X. a (fig. 27). Three-sided seal of green steatite of M. M. I date (length 1.2 cm.). X. b (fig. 27). Signet seal of chalcedony representing a demonlike creature (diameter of field 1 cm.). This seal is probably of M. M. III date. X. c (no Illustration). Lentoid seal of black steatite cut with a design of conventional double axe (diameter of field 2 cm.). X. d (no Illustration). Lentoid seal of black steatite engraved with design of two insects resembling dragon-flies (diameter of field 1.3 cm.). These two seals are probably of L. M. I date. Tomb XI This was the only M. M. I tomb which yielded objects of any importance. It is an enclosure 2 m. square with low walls built of small stones. Apparently there was no doorway, but at one point the wall had given way owing to pressure from the soil above. The most noticeable fact which differentiates this M. M. I tomb from those of the E. M. II and E. M. III periods was the great number of black steatite vases and the paucity of early vessels of brilliantly colored stones. Again, the absence of gold ornaments of any sort distinguishes these M. M. tombs from those of the E. M. period, which almost always contained a certain amount of this metal. In No. XI several earlier objects were found which seem to belong to the E. M. II period. It seems clear, therefore, that we have here an early tomb opened and used again in the M. M. I period. Thus the few vases of marble and alabaster, together with two clay vessels of the E. M. II period, would be referable to a burial of that date, whereas the black steatite and polychrome vases belong to the M. M. I interment. As these M. M. I objects lay togeth...