716 THE PALACE OF MINOS, ETC.

the outstretched figures of this class of designs need an elongated oval field
such as that on which the fine Knossian example, Fig. 504, d above, is
exhibited. Impressions of this form were probably made by the bezels of
o'old signet rinos.

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The Mycenae dagger-blade reproduced in Fig. 538 is a good example

Fig. 539. a, b, Flying Gallop on M. M. Ill Seal-impressions; c, Flying Leap
on M. M. II Hieroglyphic Bead-seal; d, Variation of same on Sealing, Hagia Triada ;
and e, Parallel on Mycenae Dagger.

of the 'flying gallop' as applied to a scene in engrailed metalwork. It shows
three lions chasing one another amid rocks, conventionally rendered on the
upper and lower border of the field, as on M. M. Ill frescoes. A striking
counterpart to this, as adapted to an oval field is supplied by the Zakro
seal-impression, Fig. 539, a,1 where two lions are seen side by side in the
same headlong course with a rock border below, and a palm tree above.
Nearly related to this is the finely executed design of a lion springing on
the neck of a lioness which is the subject of fragmentary sealings found at

1 This and Fig. 539, b and c, were drawn for me by Mr. E. J. Lambert.