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THE PALACE OE MINOS, ETC.

Latrine, slab with an aperture for a sink, and immediately behind this the entrance to

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the small latrine above referred to. The Room itself—like all the chambers
of this system lined with fine gypsum dadoes up to the level of the frieze—

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Fig. 243. View in 'Court of the Distaffs', showing East and South Windows restored.

' Court
of the
Distaffs

Alteration
Drain.

gave at one time access to a little Court or Light Area called the ' Court
of the Distaffs' from certain signs on its blocks.1 It had double windows 2
both on its South and East side ; the masonry above these, which was
found in a tumbled state owing to the decay of the woodwork, has been
restored to its original position. (See Fig. 243.)

According to the original arrangement, as shown in the Plan, Fig. 171a

1 See Kfiossos, Report, 1902, p. 64 seqq. and central division were visible in the stone

2 The dowel-holes for the two side-posts sills.