Evans, Arthur: The ‘Tomb of the Double Axes’ and associated group, and the pillar rooms and ritual vessels of the ‘Little Palace’ at Knossos’ (London, 1914)

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THE PILLAR ROOMS AND RITUAL VESSELS

NORTH

WEST

ROOM

Later E>locking
HALL Of THE

Scale of Metres

,5 ,6 ,7 ,8

i 1°

Scale of Feet

l 20

|30

Mens et Delt.
Christian C J. Doll.,

Fig. 74. Plan of Room of the Sunken Area (later, Shrine of Fetishes), Little Palace, Knossos.

probably from its first construction served some sacral purpose. The area in
question (see plan, fig-. 74') is in fact one of a typical class, at present known to
have existed in a series of Minoan building's. It consists of a sunken rectangular

1 The present plan—an improvement on the provisional sketch given in Knossos, Report, 1905,
p. 9 (B. S. A. xii)—was executed for me by the architect Mr. Christian C. T. Doll, to whom the plans
and sections of the ' Little Palace ' are due.