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EGYPTIAN CHRONOLOGY 45
the first Four Dynasties.1 It must be noticed, however,
that, so far as can be judged from the published evidence,
these three vessels do not seem to have been found in
Early Minoan deposit at all. The Syenite vase was
discovered in 1900 somewhere near the Court of the Altar
in the south-west of the Palace. At that time it was not
regarded as of importance, and we are given no exact
details as to the objects with which it was found ; but in
1903, when it was first published, it was quoted by Mr.
Evans to illustrate the contents of a pit near the East
Pillar Room.2 This deposit was placed by him the next
year no earlier than Early Minoan III.,1 and was shifted
by Mr. Mackenzie in 1906 to Middle Minoan I.4 The
Diorite bowl was found in 1902 " among some debris
from the south wall " of a store closet that contained a
number of vases of Middle Minoan III.,5 and although
it may be earlier than the contents of the room, the
interval of time need not be a great one. The Liparite
bowl, again, was only found the same year in " disturbed
earth " on the east slope, near some store-rooms con-
taining Middle Minoan pottery.6
It is not certain, too, that the shapes of these Egyptian
vases did not survive in Egypt for a long period after
their first invention,' and even if these particular examples
could be proved to be among the first examples of their
style, there is always the baffling possibility that objects
of such hard material would not break easily, and might
long survive as heirlooms. It is significant in this con-
nection that certain examples of Egyptian stonework,
in particular a small Diorite bowl,' which have quite as
good a right to be dated from the first Four Dynasties
' E.C. p. 5.
* B.S.A. ix. figs. 67a, 67b, p. 98, figs. 65, 66, pp. 95, 96.
n Ibid. x. p. 20. 4 J.U.S. xxvi. p. 252. See below, pp. 51. 58.
8 B.S.A. viii. fig. 73, p. 122, figs. 40, 50, pp, 88, 89.
• Ibid. fig. 74, p. 123. 7 P.T. pp. 147-9, '65.
8 Ibid. fig. 128, p. 151.
the first Four Dynasties.1 It must be noticed, however,
that, so far as can be judged from the published evidence,
these three vessels do not seem to have been found in
Early Minoan deposit at all. The Syenite vase was
discovered in 1900 somewhere near the Court of the Altar
in the south-west of the Palace. At that time it was not
regarded as of importance, and we are given no exact
details as to the objects with which it was found ; but in
1903, when it was first published, it was quoted by Mr.
Evans to illustrate the contents of a pit near the East
Pillar Room.2 This deposit was placed by him the next
year no earlier than Early Minoan III.,1 and was shifted
by Mr. Mackenzie in 1906 to Middle Minoan I.4 The
Diorite bowl was found in 1902 " among some debris
from the south wall " of a store closet that contained a
number of vases of Middle Minoan III.,5 and although
it may be earlier than the contents of the room, the
interval of time need not be a great one. The Liparite
bowl, again, was only found the same year in " disturbed
earth " on the east slope, near some store-rooms con-
taining Middle Minoan pottery.6
It is not certain, too, that the shapes of these Egyptian
vases did not survive in Egypt for a long period after
their first invention,' and even if these particular examples
could be proved to be among the first examples of their
style, there is always the baffling possibility that objects
of such hard material would not break easily, and might
long survive as heirlooms. It is significant in this con-
nection that certain examples of Egyptian stonework,
in particular a small Diorite bowl,' which have quite as
good a right to be dated from the first Four Dynasties
' E.C. p. 5.
* B.S.A. ix. figs. 67a, 67b, p. 98, figs. 65, 66, pp. 95, 96.
n Ibid. x. p. 20. 4 J.U.S. xxvi. p. 252. See below, pp. 51. 58.
8 B.S.A. viii. fig. 73, p. 122, figs. 40, 50, pp, 88, 89.
• Ibid. fig. 74, p. 123. 7 P.T. pp. 147-9, '65.
8 Ibid. fig. 128, p. 151.