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M. M. III. FLOOR-CISTS OF VV. PALACE REGION 459
cist end, since removed. Beside the open vat, pithoi were found in place,
the nearest on the right being a fine example, probably early L. M. I, with
1 palm-tree' decoration, the others belonging to the last Palace Period,
There is every reason to believe, therefore, that this arrangement represents
that actually existing at the moment of the final catastrophe of the building,
Fig. 329. ' Kasella ' in Sixth Magazine used as an oil vat and traces of Conflagration.
and an interesting feature connected with it is the blackening of the pavement
along the Northern margin of the vat, evidently produced by the combustion
of the oil contained in it.
As the ragged edges of the broken pavements show, most of the subse-
quent uncovering of the cists was the ruthless work of treasure hunters. In
some instances their slabs had been almost entirely removed, leaving little
but the masonry of the walled pits in which they had been originally inserted,
cist end, since removed. Beside the open vat, pithoi were found in place,
the nearest on the right being a fine example, probably early L. M. I, with
1 palm-tree' decoration, the others belonging to the last Palace Period,
There is every reason to believe, therefore, that this arrangement represents
that actually existing at the moment of the final catastrophe of the building,
Fig. 329. ' Kasella ' in Sixth Magazine used as an oil vat and traces of Conflagration.
and an interesting feature connected with it is the blackening of the pavement
along the Northern margin of the vat, evidently produced by the combustion
of the oil contained in it.
As the ragged edges of the broken pavements show, most of the subse-
quent uncovering of the cists was the ruthless work of treasure hunters. In
some instances their slabs had been almost entirely removed, leaving little
but the masonry of the walled pits in which they had been originally inserted,