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The Prehistoric Tombs of Knossos.
coupled with the gold collar, they may be thought to warrant the title of the
" Chieftain's Grave." A plan of this grave is given in fig. 53. For a section of
it, see fig. 10 above.
Objects found above the Covering Slab of the Chieftain's Grave. (See Fig. 52.)
36a. Bronze ewer. Height 50 centimetres, diameter 37 centimetres. (See fig. 52.) The
collar and body of this are formed of three plates riveted together. The vessel itself, with
its upright handle attached to the rim, and its horizontal handle below, resembles the
bronze jug already described under No. 14gr. The present vase, however, is distinguished
by a decorative adjunct of great delicacy. Two cockle-shells or small scallops in relief
are attached to the two extremities of the upright handle, the upper of these being much
smaller than the other. (See fig. 54.) Cockles in relief, as an adornment of clay and
porcelain vases, occur already in the Middle-Minoan Period. The vase had been consider-
ably distorted by the pressure of the superincumbent earth.
36b. Bronze spouted pan, the two handles of which are provided with knobbed upright
projections, like the vessels described under No. 14c, etc. This pan was a good deal
crushed, but is reproduced in its original outlines in fig-. 52. A bronze pan of similar type
occurred in Tomb 8 at Phaestos.a Two swords were found in the same tomb.
36c. Small bronze "frying-pan." Diameter 15 centimetres, height of sides 3-8 centi-
metres, of handle 9 centimetres. (Fig. 55.) The upper edge of the pan has been somewhat
beaten out, and a flat circular plate welded on to this, which is adorned with spiral reliefs.
(See fig. 55.) A plain lf frying-pan" of similar type has been already described under
No. 14c, and another was found at Phaestos, also in Tomb 8.''
a Savignoni, op. cit. 28, and 47, fig. 48.
b Savignoni, op. cit. 28, and 47, fig. 29.
coupled with the gold collar, they may be thought to warrant the title of the
" Chieftain's Grave." A plan of this grave is given in fig. 53. For a section of
it, see fig. 10 above.
Objects found above the Covering Slab of the Chieftain's Grave. (See Fig. 52.)
36a. Bronze ewer. Height 50 centimetres, diameter 37 centimetres. (See fig. 52.) The
collar and body of this are formed of three plates riveted together. The vessel itself, with
its upright handle attached to the rim, and its horizontal handle below, resembles the
bronze jug already described under No. 14gr. The present vase, however, is distinguished
by a decorative adjunct of great delicacy. Two cockle-shells or small scallops in relief
are attached to the two extremities of the upright handle, the upper of these being much
smaller than the other. (See fig. 54.) Cockles in relief, as an adornment of clay and
porcelain vases, occur already in the Middle-Minoan Period. The vase had been consider-
ably distorted by the pressure of the superincumbent earth.
36b. Bronze spouted pan, the two handles of which are provided with knobbed upright
projections, like the vessels described under No. 14c, etc. This pan was a good deal
crushed, but is reproduced in its original outlines in fig-. 52. A bronze pan of similar type
occurred in Tomb 8 at Phaestos.a Two swords were found in the same tomb.
36c. Small bronze "frying-pan." Diameter 15 centimetres, height of sides 3-8 centi-
metres, of handle 9 centimetres. (Fig. 55.) The upper edge of the pan has been somewhat
beaten out, and a flat circular plate welded on to this, which is adorned with spiral reliefs.
(See fig. 55.) A plain lf frying-pan" of similar type has been already described under
No. 14c, and another was found at Phaestos, also in Tomb 8.''
a Savignoni, op. cit. 28, and 47, fig. 48.
b Savignoni, op. cit. 28, and 47, fig. 29.