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§ 27. M. M. Ill : (M) The Palace Pottery Stores
A bundant material supplied by Palace deposits; Falling off of ceramic
fabric consequent on Catastrophe of M. M. II; Quick wheef too, fatal to egg-shell
and embossed wares ; Symptoms of recovery ; Reaction on pottery of revival of
Stone Vase-making; iVaturalistic mouldings on Clay vessels; Palatial Store-
jars ; Influence of naturalistic Wall-paintings ; M. M. Ill Pottery Stores and
deposits of Palace; S. IV. Basement—-fish-bones in kitchen utensil, inscribed jar;
The Temple Repositories—imported Melian vessels ; Bird on Melian Vases
derived from Minoau Griffin; Incised signs on handles, etc.; Royal Maga-
zines—'Medallion pith'oV; Pithos with signet impressions; Signets with
architectural facades ; Store of culinary and other pots—knobbed decoration ;
Probable ritual destination; N.E. Magazines; M.M.III layer above
Royal Pottery Stores ; Area E. of these; The ' S. E. Insula'—its sanctuary
character and Initiatory Area; Ointment pots from S.E. Lustral Basin ;
Residential Section of S.E. Insula ; Magazine of the Lily Jars—Candlestick of
Egyptian type; S.E. Bathroom and painted clay Bath; Domestic Shrine;
Magazine of False-spouted Jars ; Their evolution symptomatic of improved
conditions ; Quadruple Axe motive; Burial Jar with stellar symbol; Urn
burials and clay coffins; Deposit with Ink-inscribed Cups; Forms of
MM III Clips; Signs of quick wheel—spiral Convolutions and strin,
cut bases.
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Abun- The M. M. Ill pottery, great quantities of which were found, much of it
of the intact, in the Palace store-rooms and repositories submerged by the Late
Material. Minoan strata, not only in itself offers rich materials for study but suggests
some interesting problems in connexion with the history of the building and
of the whole epoch to which it belongs.
Falling In many respects it presents a remarkable contrast to the artistic
Fabric at products that distinguish this phase of culture in other departments.
Close of A oreat deal of it is coarse, ill-made, with a badly finished surface, in-
M. M. II. . . ' .
fenor in its glazing to that of the preceding and succeeding Age. 1 here is
a great falling off in polychromy, which tends to disappear entirely.
Prejudi- This ceramic decadence is so abrupt that it is impossible not to
cial Effect . .
ofCata- recognize in it a result of the great catastrophe that befell both Knossos
Mr°Mhii°f anc^ Phaestos at the end of the Second Middle Minoan Period. It looks as
Palace if the same destructive forces that wrere at work in the overthrow of the actual
01*1 C^i"c\—
mic Art. buildings had been at the same time fatal to some of the artistic craftsmen
A bundant material supplied by Palace deposits; Falling off of ceramic
fabric consequent on Catastrophe of M. M. II; Quick wheef too, fatal to egg-shell
and embossed wares ; Symptoms of recovery ; Reaction on pottery of revival of
Stone Vase-making; iVaturalistic mouldings on Clay vessels; Palatial Store-
jars ; Influence of naturalistic Wall-paintings ; M. M. Ill Pottery Stores and
deposits of Palace; S. IV. Basement—-fish-bones in kitchen utensil, inscribed jar;
The Temple Repositories—imported Melian vessels ; Bird on Melian Vases
derived from Minoau Griffin; Incised signs on handles, etc.; Royal Maga-
zines—'Medallion pith'oV; Pithos with signet impressions; Signets with
architectural facades ; Store of culinary and other pots—knobbed decoration ;
Probable ritual destination; N.E. Magazines; M.M.III layer above
Royal Pottery Stores ; Area E. of these; The ' S. E. Insula'—its sanctuary
character and Initiatory Area; Ointment pots from S.E. Lustral Basin ;
Residential Section of S.E. Insula ; Magazine of the Lily Jars—Candlestick of
Egyptian type; S.E. Bathroom and painted clay Bath; Domestic Shrine;
Magazine of False-spouted Jars ; Their evolution symptomatic of improved
conditions ; Quadruple Axe motive; Burial Jar with stellar symbol; Urn
burials and clay coffins; Deposit with Ink-inscribed Cups; Forms of
MM III Clips; Signs of quick wheel—spiral Convolutions and strin,
cut bases.
,o~-
&
Abun- The M. M. Ill pottery, great quantities of which were found, much of it
of the intact, in the Palace store-rooms and repositories submerged by the Late
Material. Minoan strata, not only in itself offers rich materials for study but suggests
some interesting problems in connexion with the history of the building and
of the whole epoch to which it belongs.
Falling In many respects it presents a remarkable contrast to the artistic
Fabric at products that distinguish this phase of culture in other departments.
Close of A oreat deal of it is coarse, ill-made, with a badly finished surface, in-
M. M. II. . . ' .
fenor in its glazing to that of the preceding and succeeding Age. 1 here is
a great falling off in polychromy, which tends to disappear entirely.
Prejudi- This ceramic decadence is so abrupt that it is impossible not to
cial Effect . .
ofCata- recognize in it a result of the great catastrophe that befell both Knossos
Mr°Mhii°f anc^ Phaestos at the end of the Second Middle Minoan Period. It looks as
Palace if the same destructive forces that wrere at work in the overthrow of the actual
01*1 C^i"c\—
mic Art. buildings had been at the same time fatal to some of the artistic craftsmen