Smith, S. C. Kaines (Solomon Charles Kaines) · London : James Nisbet · leaf 105
the size of a mansfist, with tall, curved horns of gold, and a goldenrosette on the brow. The type is precisely that ofthe wall-paintings of Knossos: the workmanship isunsurpassed in any age, and further, exactly similarheads are represented in the Egyptian paintings ofMinoans with their ofierings.… … I. Cup of Nestor 3. Ox-HEAi), Grave IV MYCEN.« [All Athens) 2. Siege Cup 4. Mask, Grave V THE MYCEN^AN CIVILISATION 77 sea-monster or dragon, whose every scale onceglittered with the same inlay. It is in the strongestpossible contrast to the simplicity of a long, column-like sceptre found in the…
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