Evans, Arthur J.: The Palace of Minos: a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustred by the discoveries at Knossos (Band 1): The Neolithic and Early and Middle Minoan Ages (London, 1921)

416 THE PALACE OF MINOS, ETC.

of Egyptian alabaster models, of which a very important original is represented
by the lid of Khyan to be presently described.

Except for the two upright handles—a regular Minoan adjunct to

Fig. 300, a, b. M. M. Ilia, White-dotted Vases c.).

borrowed Egyptian types—the form is in fact obviously evolved from a well-
known Middle Kingdom type of alabastron with a pointed end below
socketed into a separate stand, often of clay (see Fig. 302 a). Like Egyptian
alabastra, moreover, it was provided with a flat lid. In the Cretan version