Cretan Hieroglyphic Seals. A New Classification of Symbols and Ornamental. Filling Motifs. [Paperback Edition]

From the Summary: Introduction. Chapter I. Symbols not numbered in CHIC, found on seals and sealings only: 1. "Décoration non signifiante evidente" (ignored in CHIC): 1.1. Evans SM Nos. 136*-139*; 1.2. Filling motifs; 2. "Décoration éventuellement signifiante évidente" (ignored in CHIC): 2.1. Animals; 2.2. Floral motifs; 2.3. Geometric motifs; 2.4. "Astral" symbols Evans SM Nos. 107-111; 3. "Décoration éventuellement signifiante non évidente" (pointed out in CHIC with (!)): 3.1. Cat-mask; 3.2. Fish (?); 3.3. Sea-snail (?) / bird's head and neck (?); 3.4. Seated bird (?) / crouching quadruped (?); 3.5. Crouched bird (?) / duck (?); 3.6. Two handled globular vessel (?); 4. "Signes ou trace de signes non identifiée" (pointed out in CHIC with -): 4.1. Symbol on #241: wolf's head with protruding tongue (?) / bird's head and neck (?); 4.2. Sign's trace on #153: spear (?) / dot with outgoing elements (?); 4.3. Stylized signs on #201: horns of consecration (?) and plough (?); 4.4. Sign's trace on #245: arrow (?); 4.5. Sign's trace on #143: insect (?) / trowel (?); 4.6. Three different "bizarres" signs, carved on an exceptional length prism, #294; 4.7. Three identical signs on #252: leaves / petaloid motifs (?) / small vessels (?); 4.8. Symbol on #289: curved bar (?) / saw (?); 4.9. Symbol on #285: double-triangle motif (?) / schema of a bull's head (?). Chapter II. Symbols numbered in CHIC: 1. Symbols carved also on archival documents: 1.1. Signs "read" in CHIC only on archival documents; 1.2. Signs not "read" on some seals without an apparent reason; 1.3. Signs not read in CHIC as duplicates (in "heraldic" or "opposite" position); 1.4. Signs not read in CHIC as repetitions of symbols already present in groups of other faces. 2. Symbols considered in CHIC as "variants"; 3. Symbols attested only on seals and sealings. Chapter III. New proposals of symbols classification: 1. Solitary symbols: 1.1. Symbols numbered in CHIC; 1.2. Symbols not numbered in CHIC; 1.3. Symbols neither numbered in CHIC not recurring on inscribed seal's faces. 2. Symbols on "matrixes": 2.1. Symbols on "step-sided" seals and on the flattened cylinder; 2.2. Symbols divided from other signs by vertical bars. Conclusions. Index of seals. Appendix A. Sign-groups attested only on seals: 1. Sign-groups recognized in CHIC: 1.1. Groups on seals and sealings; 1.2. Groups occurring only on sealings; 1.3. Groups occurring only on seals. 2. Sign-groups not recognized in CHIC: 2.1. New readings of script groups on seals; 2.2. Sign-groups recurring also on clay documents; 2.3. Further new sign-groups. 3. Combination of group-signs on more than one seal ("formulas"). Appendix B. Symbols and seals not included in CHIC: 1. The new symbols; 2. The new seals: 2.1. Seals included by Evans; 2.2. Seals included by Younger; 2.3. Seals included by Karnava; 2.4. Seals added in this work. Appendix C (by Luca Bombardieri). The Data Base on Cretan Hieroglyphic Seals (DBAS-CHS). Appendix D (by Judith Weingarten). Hieroglyphic seals and sealings in LM (or later) context. Bibliography.