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THE SOUTH HOUSE
Ceramic
evidence
of M. M.
Ill a date.
Pillared
base-
ments.
ordinary conveniences of domestic life were beginning to outweigh religious
ceremonial.
A number of sherds collected by me in the interstices of the
neighbouring walls belonged to what may be called the M. M. III<5
' Earthquake Stratum', arid showed that that style was still in vogue when
the house was built in its
original shape. This evi-
dence agrees with that sup-
plied by the earliest pottery
in the ' House of the Fres-
coes ' described below.
On the other hand, a
quantity of ceramic frag-
ments found in the filling
material of the ' lustral
basin' belong to the mature
phase of L. M. I a, and
show that the raising of
its floor was part of some
plan of restoration carried
out at that epoch. Out-
side the Southern angle of the building and close to the neighbouring
corner of the supporting terrace wall beyond masses of L. M. la pottery
also occurred. This deposit was of special interest since it contained
and approximately dated the greater part of a cup of the ' Vapheio' shape
executed in a very beautiful veined stone (Fig. 212).
Standing on the later gypsum pavement in the N.E. corner of the
Megaron were the two painted vases (Fig. 213, a and b) which must certainly
belong to the last moment of occupation in this part of the house.
One of them (a) is a three-handled spouted jar with sprays of peas or
vetches, still representing the earlier L. M. I a tradition. The other is
a ' stirrup vase' with broad spiral decoration, also of an early character. An
' amphora', however, of which fragments were found on the floor of the
Pillar Rooms on the West side of the house, showing rosettes reserved against
a dark background, has a somewhat more advanced appearance. It looks
at any rate as if the later stage of the house, as remodelled towards the close
of L. M. I a, must have been very short-lived.
From the lobby entered through the West doorways of the Megaron
a narrow flight of 12 stairs leads down to an elongated basement chamber
Fig. 212. Cup of 'Vapheio' Shape In Veined Stone
from L. M. I a Heap by South House.
THE SOUTH HOUSE
Ceramic
evidence
of M. M.
Ill a date.
Pillared
base-
ments.
ordinary conveniences of domestic life were beginning to outweigh religious
ceremonial.
A number of sherds collected by me in the interstices of the
neighbouring walls belonged to what may be called the M. M. III<5
' Earthquake Stratum', arid showed that that style was still in vogue when
the house was built in its
original shape. This evi-
dence agrees with that sup-
plied by the earliest pottery
in the ' House of the Fres-
coes ' described below.
On the other hand, a
quantity of ceramic frag-
ments found in the filling
material of the ' lustral
basin' belong to the mature
phase of L. M. I a, and
show that the raising of
its floor was part of some
plan of restoration carried
out at that epoch. Out-
side the Southern angle of the building and close to the neighbouring
corner of the supporting terrace wall beyond masses of L. M. la pottery
also occurred. This deposit was of special interest since it contained
and approximately dated the greater part of a cup of the ' Vapheio' shape
executed in a very beautiful veined stone (Fig. 212).
Standing on the later gypsum pavement in the N.E. corner of the
Megaron were the two painted vases (Fig. 213, a and b) which must certainly
belong to the last moment of occupation in this part of the house.
One of them (a) is a three-handled spouted jar with sprays of peas or
vetches, still representing the earlier L. M. I a tradition. The other is
a ' stirrup vase' with broad spiral decoration, also of an early character. An
' amphora', however, of which fragments were found on the floor of the
Pillar Rooms on the West side of the house, showing rosettes reserved against
a dark background, has a somewhat more advanced appearance. It looks
at any rate as if the later stage of the house, as remodelled towards the close
of L. M. I a, must have been very short-lived.
From the lobby entered through the West doorways of the Megaron
a narrow flight of 12 stairs leads down to an elongated basement chamber
Fig. 212. Cup of 'Vapheio' Shape In Veined Stone
from L. M. I a Heap by South House.