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vertical instead of horizontal. A dark grey steatite pot (Fig. 59), also
from Tomb II at Mochlos,1 shows an analogous form, but its ledee
handles are not perforated. Except that in the Egyptian case the ledge
handles are perforated horizontally, this pot is obviously a derivative of a
class already numerously represented in the early cemeteries, like Naqada
and Hierakonpolis belonging to a Pre-dynastic medium and illustrated by the
example shown, Fig. 35 above.2
Reaction The deviations from Egyptian models and the purely original types

Forms. among the Cretan stone vases must be regarded as largely due to the

























Fig. 60. ' Marble ' Vessel,
Mochlos (4).

Fig. 61. Sixth Dynasty Egyptian Vases (J c).

influence of indigenous clay vessels. The vertical instead of horizontal
perforation of the ledge handles above noticed is an example of this. The
perforation in the edge of certain bowls (cf. Fig. 57, a), in order to be
able to fasten the lid, is another instance. A breccia copy:! occurred of
the characteristic cap-like cover common to Crete, the Cyclades, and
the Troad at the beginning of the Early Minoan Age.4 So, too,
a marble replica was found of the clay bowls with the prominent spout
(Fig. 58, VI i).5

It seems reasonable to assume that in such cases as those cited above

1 Seager, op. cit., p. 25, Fig. 7, and PL II,
11 j. 2 Serpentine: Hierakonpolis.

3 It was found in Tomb XXI at Mochlos

{op. cit., Fig. 46, XXI. 6).

4 See above, p. 61, Fig. 23.

5 Op. cit., PI. V, VI 1, p. 52, Fig. 22.