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| Written by Eiji Okubo, Printed books and e-books Heritage of Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations Detailed data on Ruins and Excavated items |
| The World of Crafts and Arts of the Minoan & Mycenaean Civilizations "Stone Seal & Clay Imprint" |
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| subtitle: Data and explanations of excavated items language: English format: e-book / Web-download to Amazon-kindle, PC, e-book-reader, tablet-device, mobile-phone size: 311 pages (kindle screen) / capacity: 358Mb sales: Amazon Network / Amazon.com / Amazon.co.uk |
| Sumary: This e-book is a “Precision Illustrations and Data Book” of excavated items from the prehistoric Minoan & Mycenaean civilizations in the Aegean Sea. This e-book contains the most outstanding Stone Seals & Clay Imprints, among the major artifacts excavated from the Knossos Palace ruins on Crete, other Minoan civilization ruins, and the Mycenae Palace ruins, and other important Mycenaean civilization ruins on mainland Greece. This e-book has picked up 110 of Stone Seals & Clay Imprints, as well as 140 of ruins photographs and related excavated items such as Gold Signet Rings. Most of Stone Seals & Clay Imprints explained are Precise Illustrations, and the rest are shown as Photographs. This e-book will invite you to the "World of Crafts and Arts"; of the Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations through carefully selected important works among the excavated items on display at the Heraklion Archaeological Museum in Crete, the National Archaeological Museum of Athens, and other archaeological museums throughout in Greece. Contents: I What are the Minoan & Mycenaean civilizations? II Minoan & Mycenaean Seals III Stone Seal IV Animal Bone & Fang/Tusk Seals V Clay Imprint |
| Sample Page：(excerpt) ---------- III-4-16 Mycenaean Stone Seal, Bull motif  Site: Tholos Tomb 1, Koukounara Shape & Decoration: almond-shaped Red Jasper Seal, mourning or roaring bull? Era: LHII-LHIIIA1, 1500-1375 BC Museum: PLAM, inv. No. 19 / L23mm Local: Messenia, Peloponnese / 8km southeast from Nestor’s Palace Drawing: Eiji OKUBO III-4-17 Minoan Stone Seal, Lion attacking Bull motif  Site: Chamber Tomb 99, Common Cemetery, Zafer Papoura Shape & Decoration: circular lens-shaped Carnelian Seal, lion attacking bull Era: LMII, 1450-1400 BC Museum: HAM, inv. No. 687 / W18mm Local: Central North, Crete / 1km north from Knossos Palace Drawing: Eiji OKUBO GPS: 35°18'24''N 25°09'47''E / ALT 90m Related: African Lion, walking and attacking Buffalo  Female African lion walking in the dry savannah plains Local: Krugersdorp Reserve, South Africa Photo: 2008  Female African lion preying on buffalo after attacking Local: Sabi River Basin, Kruger National Park, South Africa Photo: 2017 III-4-18 Minoan Stone Seal, Lion attacking Bull motif  Site: Rock-shelter Tomb B, Katsamba Shape & Decoration: circular lens-shaped Carnelian Seal, lion attacking bull Era: LMIIIA1, 1400-1375 BC Museum: HAM, inv. No. 1598 / D19mm Local: Central North, Crete Drawing: Eiji OKUBO III-4-19 Mycenaean Stone Seal, Lion attacking Bull motif  Site: Building M, near North Gate, Mycenae Palace Shape & Decoration: circular lens-shaped Agate Seal, lion attacking bull Era: LHIIIB2, 1250-1200 BC Museum: NFAM, inv. No. 13881 / W20.5mm (currently: MYAM, inv. No. 1842) Local: Argolis, Peloponnese Drawing: Eiji OKUBO III-1-05 Mycenaean Amethyst Seal, Fighting Soldiers  Site: Tholos Tomb, Koukounara Shape & Decoration: cushion-shaped, Amethyst Seal, soldiers fighting with swords Era: LHI-LHIIIA, 1550-1300 BC Museum: PLAM, inv. No. 13 / L17mm Local: Messenia, Peloponnese / 8km southeast from Nestor’s Palace Drawing: Eiji OKUBO GPS: 36°58'08.50''N 21°45'39''E / ALT 215m Related: Tholos Tomb, Koukounara  Site: Tholos Tomb 4 (temporary number), Koukounara Situation: Mycenaean Tholos tomb, view from Tholos inside to Entrance a) Tholos chamber inner diameter=7m, remaining wall height 1.2m b) Tholos burial chamber=semi-underground type c) Lintel stone unknown, Dromos/passage destroyed Era: LHI-LHIIIA, 1550-1300 BC Local: Messenia, Peloponnese / 8km southeast from Nestor’s Palace Photo: 1982 GPS: 36°58'08.50''N 21°45'39''E / ALT 215m Related: Mycenaean Gold Signet Ring, Fighting Soldiers  Site: Shaft Grave IV, GCA, Mycenae Palace Shape & Decoration: Gold Signet Ring battle scene=a Mycenaean hero fighting three soldiers also known as=《Battle of Jumonville Glen》 at Eastern United States in 1754 Era: LHI, ca. 1550 BC Museum: NAM, inv. No. 241 / L35mm Local: Argolis, Peloponnese Drawing: Eiji OKUBO III-2-04 Mycenaean Gold decorated Stone Seal, Griffin  Site: Tholos Tomb, Myrsinochorion Shape & Decoration: cushion-shaped Gold decorated Agate Seal, griffin Era: LHIIA-LHIIIA1, 1500-1375 BC Museum: NAM, inv. No. 8327 / L22mm Local: Messenia, Peloponnese Drawing: Eiji OKUBO Related: Mycenaean Gold Seal, Griffin motif  Site: Royal Tholos Tomb IV, Nestor’s Palace Shape & Decoration: Gold Seal, cushion shape a) intaglio, a griffin spreading wings, triglyph pattern b) back side=diamond (mesh) pattern Era: MHIII-LHIIA, 1650-1450 BC Museum: NAM, inv. No. 7986 / L27mm, W21mm, T6mm Local: Messenia, Peloponnese 13km north from Pylos port, 35km west from Kalamata city Drawing: Eiji OKUBO  Site: Nestor’s Palace & surroundings Museum: Chora Archaeological Museum CHAM Local: Messenia, Peloponnese Drawing: Eiji OKUBO III-2-08 Mycenaean Stone Seal, Soldier Helmet motif  Site: Chamber Tomb 518, Kalkani, Mycenae Shape & Decoration: slightly oval Agate Seal boar tusk helmet of militant Mycenaean soldier Era: LHI-LHII, 1550-1400 BC Museum: NAM, inv. No. 6489ζ / W9mm Local: Argolis, Peloponnese Drawing: Eiji OKUBO Related: Mycenaean Boar Tusk Soldier’s Helmet  Site: Chamber Tomb 515, Kalkani, Mycenae Shape & Decoration: Boar tusk soldier’s helmet Era: LHII-LHIIIA1, 1500-1375 BC Museum: NAM, inv. No. 6568 Local: Argolis, Peloponnese Drawing: Eiji OKUBO Site: Chamber Tomb, Kladeos Shape & Decoration: Boar tusk soldier’s helmet Era: LHIIIA-LHIIIB, 1400-1200 BC Museum: OLAM Local: Elis, Peloponnese / 6km north-northeast from Olympia site Photo: 1982 GPS: 37°41'25''N 21°39'34''E / ALT 135m III-3-02 Minoan Gold and Stone Ring, Lion & Tamer motif  Site: House of the South, Knossos Palace Shape & Decoration: Gold decorated Lapis Lazuli Ring gold granulation technique, obedient lion and tamer Era: LMIB, 1500-1450 BC Museum: HAM, inv. 839 / L19mm Local: Central North, Crete Drawing: Eiji OKUBO Related: House of the South, Knossos Palace Two stone seals belonging to the peak of the New Palace Era were excavated from the House of the South, as mentioned above. One is a circular lens-shaped seal made of steatite, with the seal face measuring 15mm to 16.5mm wide and engraved with a griffin looking back. Another seal is a gold ring-type seal made from the dark blue gemstone lapis lazuli, with the disk-shaped seal face measuring 18mm to 19mm wide and engraved with a large lion and a tamer. The two seals are estimated to have been made in the Late Minoan civilization, between the LMIA and LMIB periods, between 1550 and 1450 BC.  Site: House of the South, Knossos Palace (Currently Restricted Area) a) two-story structure mansion b) 8 rooms on first floor & multiple rooms on second floor Era: MMIIIA-LMIIIA1, 1625-1375 BC Local: Central North, Crete Photo: 1982 III-3-03 Mycenaean Stone Seal, Lion and Warrior fighting  Site: Royal Tholos Tomb IV, Nestor’s Palace Shape & Decoration: almond-shaped Amethyst Seal, a warrior with sword fighting against a lion Era: MHIII-LHIIA, 1625-1450 BC Museum: NAM, inv. No. 7983 / L28.5mm Local: Messenia, Peloponnese Drawing: Eiji OKUBO III-3-08 Mycenaean Stone Seal, “Bull leaping” motif  Site: Room of the Idols、Sanctuary, Mycenae Palace Shape & Decoration: Circular lens-shaped Agate Seal, two bulls and a leaping man Era: LHIIIB2, 1250-1200 BC Museum: NFAM, inv. No. 69-813 (currently: MYAM, inv. No. 1861) / L22mm Local: Argolis, Peloponnese Drawing: Eiji OKUBO Related: Royal Sanctuary & Shrine, Citadel, Mycenae Palace  Site: Plan of Royal Sanctuary & Shrine, Mycenae Palace a) House of the Great Ramp b) House of the Mycenaean Warrior Vase c) House of the South, Main Building and Annex d) Royal Sanctuary and Shrine e) House of Tsountas Era: Sanctuary built: LHIIIB2, ca. 1250 BC Local: Argolis, Peloponnese Drawing: Eiji OKUBO V-3-01 Minoan Clay Imprint, Lion and Tamer  Site: Temple Repositories, West Wing, Knossos Palace Shape & Decoration: Clay Imprint, obedient lion and majestic tamer Era: LMIIIA1, ca. 1375 BC Museum: HAM, inv. No. 383 / W21mm Local: Central North, Crete Drawing: Eiji OKUBO V-4-01 Minoan Clay Imprint, Goat and Papyrus motif  Site: Central Great Staircase, West Wing, Knossos Palace Shape & Decoration: Clay seal Imprint, six goats or mouflons sitting quietly stamped with hard stone seal? Era: LMIIIA1, ca. 1375 BC Museum: HAM, inv. No. 231 / L24mm Local: Central North, Crete Drawing: Eiji OKUBO V-5-01 Minoan Clay Imprint, Rosette motif  Site: Store Room (East Treasury), East Wing, Knossos Palace Shape & Decoration: Clay Imprint, three rosettes and cloud, indicating high formality Era: LMIIIA1, ca. 1375 BC Museum: HAM, inv. No. 342 / D12mm Local: Central North, Crete Drawing: Eiji OKUBO ----------  |