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    Thalassocratic charms: trees, boats, women and the sea in Minoan glyptic art

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    Tully, C
    Date
    2018-12-14
    Source Title
    Proceedings of the 12th International Congress of Cretan Studies
    Publisher
    Society of Cretan Historical Studies
    University of Melbourne Author/s
    Tully, Caroline
    Affiliation
    School of Historical and Philosophical Studies
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    Conference Paper
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    Tully, C. (2018). Thalassocratic charms: trees, boats, women and the sea in Minoan glyptic art. Proceedings of the 12th International Congress of Cretan Studies, pp.1-12. Society of Cretan Historical Studies.
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    http://hdl.handle.net/11343/252813
    Abstract
    This paper argues that four Minoan glyptic images which combine trees, human figures, boats and the sea represent the combination of native Minoan with Canaanite religious ideas concerning a tree goddess who also had power over the sea. Each image is a glyph of the protective power of the Minoan tree deity over maritime voyaging within the Aegean and eastern Mediterranean. The empowerment of seafaring expeditions through supernatural patronage emphasises Minoan land-based power over the sea and extends the Cretan landscape outward to incorporate the seascape. It is further proposed that the images functioned in a protective talismanic capacity and that the containment of the iconographic motifs within the confines of gold rings and a stone seal linked the Minoan elites who owned these objects with the exotic aura of transculturality and power associated with overseas trade.

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