Evans, Arthur: The prehistoric tombs of Knossos (aus: Archaeologia or Miscellaneous tracts relating to antiquity. 59.1905) (London, 1905)

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The Prehistoric Tombs of Knossos.

example in the Knossian cemetery. The decoration of the stirrup-vase t is still
more significant. It is reproduced in all its particulars on a vase of the same
form found in a chamber-tomb (a) at Muliana in East Cretea with late Mycenasan
bronze swords of a type not represented in the Zafer Papoura cemetery, and a

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bow fibula of a form characteristic of the transitional period when iron was
coming into use for arms and implements.b A vase from the contemporary
tomb (b) at Muliana shows a late and florid development of the octopus type,0 and

a S, Xanthoudid.es, 'E</>. 'Apx- 1904, p. 22 seqq. and p. 27, fig. 5 (the last vase but one to the
right). Another stirrup-vase from the same tomb shows closely allied ornamentation.

b For the importance of these Muliana tombs in this connection, see my remarks below.
0 Op. cit. pi. 1.