SIGNS RELATING TO OLIVE CULTURE
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markable tablet—dealing besides, apparently, with three or more other
trees—of which
about half seems
to have been pre-
served(Fig.700).
The conven-
tional figure in
the first line may
represent some
forest tree, since
it is followed by
numbers a -
mounting to
1,780. Some
specific clue to
the olive-tree in
line 2 is supplied
by the indication
of berries as well
as leaves. The
character of the foliage, in fact, corresponds with the group of signs
700. Tablet referring to Trees :
Second Register.
Olive-tree in
Olive
sprays
and ship:
indica-
tions of oil
export.
Fig. 701. Spray indicative of
Olive-trees : ' Hieroglyph ic '
Class.
Fig. 702. Seal Impression of ( Hieroglyphic ' Class,
Knossos, showing Olive-tree Signs above Ship.
recognized as ' olive sprays' that recur on seal stones and clay documents
belonging to the hieroglyphic class (Fig. 701).l These, as shown on a
clay seal impression (Fig. 702),2 appear above a ship, a probable allusion to
J Scripta Mima, i, p. 209, No. 101, and cf. - lb., p. 161, P. 63, and d. P. of M., i,
p. zSt, Fig. 213.
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markable tablet—dealing besides, apparently, with three or more other
trees—of which
about half seems
to have been pre-
served(Fig.700).
The conven-
tional figure in
the first line may
represent some
forest tree, since
it is followed by
numbers a -
mounting to
1,780. Some
specific clue to
the olive-tree in
line 2 is supplied
by the indication
of berries as well
as leaves. The
character of the foliage, in fact, corresponds with the group of signs
700. Tablet referring to Trees :
Second Register.
Olive-tree in
Olive
sprays
and ship:
indica-
tions of oil
export.
Fig. 701. Spray indicative of
Olive-trees : ' Hieroglyph ic '
Class.
Fig. 702. Seal Impression of ( Hieroglyphic ' Class,
Knossos, showing Olive-tree Signs above Ship.
recognized as ' olive sprays' that recur on seal stones and clay documents
belonging to the hieroglyphic class (Fig. 701).l These, as shown on a
clay seal impression (Fig. 702),2 appear above a ship, a probable allusion to
J Scripta Mima, i, p. 209, No. 101, and cf. - lb., p. 161, P. 63, and d. P. of M., i,
p. zSt, Fig. 213.
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