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R. C. BOSANQUET AND F. B. WELCH
Fragments of a cup of veined reddish alabaster with three ledge-handles,
Fig. 165, previously picked np on the surface of the Eastern slope, were
bought for the British School collection by Mr. Cecil Smith in 1897. It may
have had a Hat spout on the broken side. Compare the marble bowls with
ledge-handles from Syra, especially 'E0.
'Apx- 1899, p. 98, Figs. 25 and 26.
Six Hat, narrow strips of marble,
from "08 to '04 long. One which is
round in section may be the neck of
an idol. Two others, which are rect-
angular in section (XXXIX. 9), seem
to have been used as polishers.
Five fragments of shallow marble
bowls, found respectively in J 2, depth
4'30—5 : J 1, deep down close to the
rock: J 2: and K 1, depth 1*50. The fragment from J 2 without indication
of depth is part of a bowl which has been mended in antiquity; it has two
neatly drilled holes for rivets.
An oblong slab of white marble with rounded corners, and edges
slightly bevelled, '16 long, -12 broad, "04 thick, was found in G 4 at a depth
of only 1'20 m. and must be assigned to the latest settlement. Probably a
' slickstone ' used for smoothing and pressing cloth or leather.
§ 7—Steatite.
A considerable number of steatite vessels and fragments were found at
Phylakopi, all in the remains of the Third City. The significance of this
discovery was emphasised at the time by Mr. Mackenzie (B.S.A. iv. 34).
' The steatite bowls of Phylakopi never occur except in the latest deposit of
all. The fact that they, with the steatite lamp, were all found at the level
of imported Mycenaean wäre, points to importation, and their material
connects them with Crete, so that in turn one is led to conclude that the
other imported Mycenaean wäre found simultaneously with them must also
have been derived chiefly from Crete.' Subsequent researches have shown
that steatite vessels of the forms which occur at Phylakopi are common in
the Mycenaean Settlements which extend along the coast of Crete from
Cnossos eastwards. Two large deposits of native steatite are known in
this eastern half of the island, one on the south coast near Arvi, the other
in the extreme south of the province of Pediada. As some of the vases from
cist-graves at Arvi, published by Dr. Evans in his Cretan Pidogvaplis, p. 120
sqq., are composed of the same dark steatite as those found in the coast-
cities of Crete and at Phylakopi, it is probable that the manufacture was
carried on somevvhere in the Arvi district.
At Phylakopi, as in Crete, the most common shape is that of a bowl
with thick walls and a disproportionately small cup-like interior. Four
R. C. BOSANQUET AND F. B. WELCH
Fragments of a cup of veined reddish alabaster with three ledge-handles,
Fig. 165, previously picked np on the surface of the Eastern slope, were
bought for the British School collection by Mr. Cecil Smith in 1897. It may
have had a Hat spout on the broken side. Compare the marble bowls with
ledge-handles from Syra, especially 'E0.
'Apx- 1899, p. 98, Figs. 25 and 26.
Six Hat, narrow strips of marble,
from "08 to '04 long. One which is
round in section may be the neck of
an idol. Two others, which are rect-
angular in section (XXXIX. 9), seem
to have been used as polishers.
Five fragments of shallow marble
bowls, found respectively in J 2, depth
4'30—5 : J 1, deep down close to the
rock: J 2: and K 1, depth 1*50. The fragment from J 2 without indication
of depth is part of a bowl which has been mended in antiquity; it has two
neatly drilled holes for rivets.
An oblong slab of white marble with rounded corners, and edges
slightly bevelled, '16 long, -12 broad, "04 thick, was found in G 4 at a depth
of only 1'20 m. and must be assigned to the latest settlement. Probably a
' slickstone ' used for smoothing and pressing cloth or leather.
§ 7—Steatite.
A considerable number of steatite vessels and fragments were found at
Phylakopi, all in the remains of the Third City. The significance of this
discovery was emphasised at the time by Mr. Mackenzie (B.S.A. iv. 34).
' The steatite bowls of Phylakopi never occur except in the latest deposit of
all. The fact that they, with the steatite lamp, were all found at the level
of imported Mycenaean wäre, points to importation, and their material
connects them with Crete, so that in turn one is led to conclude that the
other imported Mycenaean wäre found simultaneously with them must also
have been derived chiefly from Crete.' Subsequent researches have shown
that steatite vessels of the forms which occur at Phylakopi are common in
the Mycenaean Settlements which extend along the coast of Crete from
Cnossos eastwards. Two large deposits of native steatite are known in
this eastern half of the island, one on the south coast near Arvi, the other
in the extreme south of the province of Pediada. As some of the vases from
cist-graves at Arvi, published by Dr. Evans in his Cretan Pidogvaplis, p. 120
sqq., are composed of the same dark steatite as those found in the coast-
cities of Crete and at Phylakopi, it is probable that the manufacture was
carried on somevvhere in the Arvi district.
At Phylakopi, as in Crete, the most common shape is that of a bowl
with thick walls and a disproportionately small cup-like interior. Four