{More Mesopotamian Symbols [continued (15)] – Phoenician Symbols}[23rd December 1990]

[Redbook8:152][19901223:1916o]{More Mesopotamian Symbols [continued (15)] – Phoenician Symbols}[23rd December 1990]

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‘The main motifs used by the Phoenicians in their ivories were sphinxes, * griffins, “women at the window”,** Egyptian deities, winged goats*** (disposed symmetrically, often with ornate foliage),**** and a griffin-slayer# which harks back to the Enkomi#* mirrors and became a near-Eastern legacy to later Europe finding renewed expression in the story of St George and the Dragon.’#**

#****

*{G~, M~}

**{G~?}

***{R~-C}

****{cf [[Redbook8:127-128][19901220:0958c]{[Lions and Horns in Mesopotamia [continued]] – Goat in Branches}[20th December 1990]] 128A}

#G~→v→M~

{Hooray!}

[The ‘v’ symbol above is a crossed swords battle symbol in the ms]

#*(on Cyprus)

#**G~ ←v← M~

[The ‘v’ symbol above is a crossed swords battle symbol in the ms]

#***[– Encylopaedia of Visual Art 1:82]

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