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§ 6o. Palatial Bronze Hoard from North-West Treasure
House and Contemporary Deposits from Private Houses.
Palatial hoard of bronze vessels from North- West Treasure House—
a culmination of series in private houses ; Their M. Ill IIIh—L. M. 1a dale;
Similar hoards at Tylissos, Moehlos, and H. Triada ; Copper ingots ; Ingots
borne by ' Aegeans' on early Egyptian relief; Why Wire these hoards left
derelict ? Evidences of catastrophe in L. M. 7 a," A partial desertion of
site contemporary with Overseas settlements ; Tradition of Sicilian Expedition
archaeologically confirmed; But break in continuity at Knossos only partial;
Bronze dtposits in private houses—N. W. House ; Hoards in S. House and
neighbouring basement—bronze saws ; Hoard in basement cell by ' Stepped
Portico' ; Metal service illustrated on clay tablet; Early Minoan prototypes
of later bronze vessels; Types of vessel in ' Tomb of Tripod Hearth ' (L.AI. II);
The palatial hoard in ' N.W. Treasure House' ; The large basins—ceramic
copies of foliate decoration ; Basin with ' Sacral Ivy ' pattern ; Basin with
tufted lilies and beading—compared with jewellery of Priest-King relief; The
bronze ewer paralleled by specimen from Fifth Shaft Grave, Mycenae ; Com-
parisons with ewer of Senmut's tomb—L.M.I a. vase types there depicted;
Minoan Figurine of galloping bull in tomb of User-amon compared with
bronze example from Crete ; Galloping bulls represent sacral type ; Standing
bull; M. M. Ill prototypes of tributary gifts from Keftiu ; Bronze vase with
marine reliefs and Minoan Genii from Cyprus ; Were there already Minoan
plantations on the Coast of Cyprus or Cilicia ? L. M. I b bull's head ' rhytons'
imitated in Pontus.
Series of Bronze Deposits buried by Catastrophe of L. M. la Date.
The truly palatial hoard of bronze vessels found in the basement cell of Bronze
the Treasury building North of the West Court is really a culmination of a town-
series of bronze deposits brought to light in the town-houses explored. The Jv0uses of
consideration of these has been reserved for this place, since, together with
the former, they supply a conspectus, not to be paralleled from any other
sources, of forms of bronze vases and implements, all belonging, as their
context shows, to the transitional M. M. Ill b-h. M. I a phase of culture, and
none of them later than the earlier phase of the First Late Minoan
Period. That, even when accompanied by vases of that epoch, metal objects m. m.
may tend to belong to a slightly earlier date than the associated pottery is a L w"-.
reasonable conclusion, and it has already been shown r that a bronze ewer date.
1 See above, p. 436 and Fig. 253, b and f.
House and Contemporary Deposits from Private Houses.
Palatial hoard of bronze vessels from North- West Treasure House—
a culmination of series in private houses ; Their M. Ill IIIh—L. M. 1a dale;
Similar hoards at Tylissos, Moehlos, and H. Triada ; Copper ingots ; Ingots
borne by ' Aegeans' on early Egyptian relief; Why Wire these hoards left
derelict ? Evidences of catastrophe in L. M. 7 a," A partial desertion of
site contemporary with Overseas settlements ; Tradition of Sicilian Expedition
archaeologically confirmed; But break in continuity at Knossos only partial;
Bronze dtposits in private houses—N. W. House ; Hoards in S. House and
neighbouring basement—bronze saws ; Hoard in basement cell by ' Stepped
Portico' ; Metal service illustrated on clay tablet; Early Minoan prototypes
of later bronze vessels; Types of vessel in ' Tomb of Tripod Hearth ' (L.AI. II);
The palatial hoard in ' N.W. Treasure House' ; The large basins—ceramic
copies of foliate decoration ; Basin with ' Sacral Ivy ' pattern ; Basin with
tufted lilies and beading—compared with jewellery of Priest-King relief; The
bronze ewer paralleled by specimen from Fifth Shaft Grave, Mycenae ; Com-
parisons with ewer of Senmut's tomb—L.M.I a. vase types there depicted;
Minoan Figurine of galloping bull in tomb of User-amon compared with
bronze example from Crete ; Galloping bulls represent sacral type ; Standing
bull; M. M. Ill prototypes of tributary gifts from Keftiu ; Bronze vase with
marine reliefs and Minoan Genii from Cyprus ; Were there already Minoan
plantations on the Coast of Cyprus or Cilicia ? L. M. I b bull's head ' rhytons'
imitated in Pontus.
Series of Bronze Deposits buried by Catastrophe of L. M. la Date.
The truly palatial hoard of bronze vessels found in the basement cell of Bronze
the Treasury building North of the West Court is really a culmination of a town-
series of bronze deposits brought to light in the town-houses explored. The Jv0uses of
consideration of these has been reserved for this place, since, together with
the former, they supply a conspectus, not to be paralleled from any other
sources, of forms of bronze vases and implements, all belonging, as their
context shows, to the transitional M. M. Ill b-h. M. I a phase of culture, and
none of them later than the earlier phase of the First Late Minoan
Period. That, even when accompanied by vases of that epoch, metal objects m. m.
may tend to belong to a slightly earlier date than the associated pottery is a L w"-.
reasonable conclusion, and it has already been shown r that a bronze ewer date.
1 See above, p. 436 and Fig. 253, b and f.