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HARBOUR TOWN OF KNOSSOS: MINOAN SHIPPING 243
Unfortunately no detailed representations of vessels of the great Age Sailing
ruif /-^' m« • i f i • " • t r 1 Ship on
01 Minoan Civilization have as yet come to light in painting or rehel such m. m. Ill
as are supplied by Egyptian monuments, and we still have to content our- Intaslia
selves with the epitomized designs of seals and seal-impressions. The most
picturesque glimpse preserved to us is that of a ship under full sail, bellying
in the breeze, on a 'flat cylinder' from the Knossos district, apparently of
M. M. Ill date (Fig. 140).J Reference has been already made to this2 on
account of the pattern engraved on the sail which suggests painted or
Fig. 139. Black Steatite Lentoid; Fig. 140. Ship under Full Sail on ' Flat-
Central Crete. tened Cylinder' found near Knossos
(M. M. III).
embroidered decoration of the spiraliform class, such as is sometimes seen
on sails of Egyptian vessels. The ship has a long forked projection at its
prow, and fantastic scrolls, symbolical, perhaps, of waves, appear in the field.
Of distinctly later date are the two seal-impressions from Knossos,
sketchily completed omitting any indication of the steering oars in Fig. 141 a, b.
Both show the central mast, though the rigging varies. In b, which seems
to be purely a sailing vessel, we see a yard with the sail furled, and below
this a structure in which we must recognize a deck cabin. This construc-
tion reappears in a, which is distinguished from the other design by the
delineation of rowers, who seem to be beneath the awning, and of oars, of
which there were apparently eight on each side.
The most remarkable feature in this representation, which occurred on
a seal-impression from the Little Palace at Knossos, is the noble figure of
1 The material seems to be a kind of any trace of the mast is preserved,
haematite. Unfortunately the surface is a 2 P. 206 above,
good deal worn so that, for instance, hardly
R 2
Sailing
ships on
L.M. II
Seal-
impres-
sions,
Knossos.
Trans-
port of
thor-
ough-
bred
Horses.
Unfortunately no detailed representations of vessels of the great Age Sailing
ruif /-^' m« • i f i • " • t r 1 Ship on
01 Minoan Civilization have as yet come to light in painting or rehel such m. m. Ill
as are supplied by Egyptian monuments, and we still have to content our- Intaslia
selves with the epitomized designs of seals and seal-impressions. The most
picturesque glimpse preserved to us is that of a ship under full sail, bellying
in the breeze, on a 'flat cylinder' from the Knossos district, apparently of
M. M. Ill date (Fig. 140).J Reference has been already made to this2 on
account of the pattern engraved on the sail which suggests painted or
Fig. 139. Black Steatite Lentoid; Fig. 140. Ship under Full Sail on ' Flat-
Central Crete. tened Cylinder' found near Knossos
(M. M. III).
embroidered decoration of the spiraliform class, such as is sometimes seen
on sails of Egyptian vessels. The ship has a long forked projection at its
prow, and fantastic scrolls, symbolical, perhaps, of waves, appear in the field.
Of distinctly later date are the two seal-impressions from Knossos,
sketchily completed omitting any indication of the steering oars in Fig. 141 a, b.
Both show the central mast, though the rigging varies. In b, which seems
to be purely a sailing vessel, we see a yard with the sail furled, and below
this a structure in which we must recognize a deck cabin. This construc-
tion reappears in a, which is distinguished from the other design by the
delineation of rowers, who seem to be beneath the awning, and of oars, of
which there were apparently eight on each side.
The most remarkable feature in this representation, which occurred on
a seal-impression from the Little Palace at Knossos, is the noble figure of
1 The material seems to be a kind of any trace of the mast is preserved,
haematite. Unfortunately the surface is a 2 P. 206 above,
good deal worn so that, for instance, hardly
R 2
Sailing
ships on
L.M. II
Seal-
impres-
sions,
Knossos.
Trans-
port of
thor-
ough-
bred
Horses.