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THE PALACE OF MINOS, ETC.
Shallower
Cists su-
perposed
on earlier.
gypsum wall-slabs of the cists themselves descend about i • 1.5 metres, fitting
below into the proves of
a massive base-block like
those of series a above
described. They were
set in the same red earth
and lined in the same way
with lead sheeting. But,
at some time after the
removal of their earlier
contents of a valuable
kind ■— probably them-
selves deposited in trea-
sure chests and inlaid
caskets—the lower part
of the old cists was
packed with filling ma-
terial to a height of from
about 45 to 60 centi-
metres above their origi-
nal floors, and new bottom
slabs were let down on
the surface of this. Shal-
lower receptacles were in
this way superposed on
the earlier ' kaselles the
sides of these in places
showing the original lead
lining but in other cases
being coated with hard
plaster.
Asthebottomsof the
new superficial cists were
made to fit as closely as
possible and their edges
further cemented, the
task of raising them in
order to explore the intervening space between them and the original floors
was one of considerable difficulty, involving careful mason's work.
Fig. 327. View showing Structures of ' Kaselles '
beneath later pavement of magazine 8. a part of
this had been previously ruined by treasure-seekers
THE PALACE OF MINOS, ETC.
Shallower
Cists su-
perposed
on earlier.
gypsum wall-slabs of the cists themselves descend about i • 1.5 metres, fitting
below into the proves of
a massive base-block like
those of series a above
described. They were
set in the same red earth
and lined in the same way
with lead sheeting. But,
at some time after the
removal of their earlier
contents of a valuable
kind ■— probably them-
selves deposited in trea-
sure chests and inlaid
caskets—the lower part
of the old cists was
packed with filling ma-
terial to a height of from
about 45 to 60 centi-
metres above their origi-
nal floors, and new bottom
slabs were let down on
the surface of this. Shal-
lower receptacles were in
this way superposed on
the earlier ' kaselles the
sides of these in places
showing the original lead
lining but in other cases
being coated with hard
plaster.
Asthebottomsof the
new superficial cists were
made to fit as closely as
possible and their edges
further cemented, the
task of raising them in
order to explore the intervening space between them and the original floors
was one of considerable difficulty, involving careful mason's work.
Fig. 327. View showing Structures of ' Kaselles '
beneath later pavement of magazine 8. a part of
this had been previously ruined by treasure-seekers