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form though slightly decadent in style have been found in tombs of the
Lower Town at Mycenae.1 That the lily possessed a special sanctity in
the Minoan religion is shown by its appearance on the head of the seated
Mother Goddess and in the hand of one of her votaries, on the great
Fig. 82.—Section of Basin with Lily
Border.
Fig. S3.—Section ok Rim of
Bronze Basin ({-).
signet from Mycenae, as well as by its association with the Priest-Kings of
Knossos.
It is a noteworthy fact that on the remaining part of a clay inventory
from the ' Room of the Chariot Tablets,' undoubtedly referring to the
Royal Treasures, an ewer of the same general outline as Fig. 82 is seen
Fig. 84.—Part of Inscribed Clay Tablet.
placed in a basin with a rounded handle presenting the characteristic
contour of those of the present hoard (Fig. 84).
An ewer, or oenochoi, of the same type as Fig. 76, with the character-
istic raised ring round the base of the neck, appears amongst the offerings
of the Keftian Chiefs on the tomb of Sen-mut2 at Thebes, together with
vases of the Vapheio type, of which we also find a record on the clay
inventories of Knossos. In the magnificent group of bronze vessels before
us we now see for the first time in situ, and in what may be legitimately
1 Good examples of these are in the Ashmolean Museum. For a bone pendant of a similar kind
from a room near the Men's Megaron at Mycenae see Tsuntas, 'e(J>. Apx. PL XIII. 15.
2 This vase is illustrated by Mr. H. R. Hall in his article 'Keftiu and the Peoples of the Sea,'
B.S.A. 1902-1903, p. 173, Fig. 7.
A. J. Evans
form though slightly decadent in style have been found in tombs of the
Lower Town at Mycenae.1 That the lily possessed a special sanctity in
the Minoan religion is shown by its appearance on the head of the seated
Mother Goddess and in the hand of one of her votaries, on the great
Fig. 82.—Section of Basin with Lily
Border.
Fig. S3.—Section ok Rim of
Bronze Basin ({-).
signet from Mycenae, as well as by its association with the Priest-Kings of
Knossos.
It is a noteworthy fact that on the remaining part of a clay inventory
from the ' Room of the Chariot Tablets,' undoubtedly referring to the
Royal Treasures, an ewer of the same general outline as Fig. 82 is seen
Fig. 84.—Part of Inscribed Clay Tablet.
placed in a basin with a rounded handle presenting the characteristic
contour of those of the present hoard (Fig. 84).
An ewer, or oenochoi, of the same type as Fig. 76, with the character-
istic raised ring round the base of the neck, appears amongst the offerings
of the Keftian Chiefs on the tomb of Sen-mut2 at Thebes, together with
vases of the Vapheio type, of which we also find a record on the clay
inventories of Knossos. In the magnificent group of bronze vessels before
us we now see for the first time in situ, and in what may be legitimately
1 Good examples of these are in the Ashmolean Museum. For a bone pendant of a similar kind
from a room near the Men's Megaron at Mycenae see Tsuntas, 'e(J>. Apx. PL XIII. 15.
2 This vase is illustrated by Mr. H. R. Hall in his article 'Keftiu and the Peoples of the Sea,'
B.S.A. 1902-1903, p. 173, Fig. 7.