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M. M. Ill: THE PALACE POTTERY STORES 579
In Fig. 421 there are shown some other types of vessels found in this
small Magazine, including a miniature form (4) of the c hole-mouthed' class
of jugs typical of the earlier phases of the Middle Minoan Age, a vase with
a quatrefoil contour (5), and a series of cups, one (1) showing a somewhat late
derivative of the 'tortoise shell', another (3) with a red lack-lustre glaze spiral
ornament on the buff ground. The vessel, of which the lower side is seen in
No. 2, showing white spirals on the dark brown ground, is of an interesting
' candlestick ' form, more fully illustrated in Fig. 422.
The type is identical with Egyptian clay ' candlesticks ' of Fourth 'Candle-
Dynasty date (Fig. 423 a). Its prototype, however, had been already of Early
introduced into Crete in the Early Minoan Age with other proto-dynastic fypjfian
elements. An E. M. II example from a Tholos Ossuary at Siva,1 near
Phaestos, is given in Fig. 423 b.
South-East Bath-room.
This utensil, which may have held some kind of torch, was probably S.E.
useful in connexion with the small and apparently dark chamber into which room,
the entrance passage opened on the left (Fig. 419). From its square shape
and its good gypsum paving and dado this little chamber was from its first
discovery regarded as a bath-room.
But this conclusion subsequently received a strong confirmation due to
the piecing together, in the course of a gradual work of restoration, of some
large pottery fragments derived from this particular area. These proved to M. M. in
be parts of a bath of elegant shape, tapering from the shoulders to the foot,
which it was possible to reconstitute almost in its entirety (Fig. 424). It
shows a ribbed moulding above with triple streaks at intervals, and its sides
are divided into panels. Within these, on a warm buff ground, were found
traces of brown glaze decoration in the shape of sprays of reeds or grasses
such as frequently occur in the painted designs of this and the ensuing
Period.
The bath has been placed in the Plan in its probable position within the
bath-room : its length is 1-45 metre, and its greatest height 50 centimetres.
From the panelling of its surface it would seem to have been copied from
a woodwork original. Its taper form and the raised outline towards the head
give it a curiously modern appearance. In this latter particular it differs
from the known Late Minoan baths, the level profile of which enabled them
to be fitted with lids and thus made use of either as chests or coffins.
R. Paribeni, Ausonia, viii, col. 22, Fig. 10.
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In Fig. 421 there are shown some other types of vessels found in this
small Magazine, including a miniature form (4) of the c hole-mouthed' class
of jugs typical of the earlier phases of the Middle Minoan Age, a vase with
a quatrefoil contour (5), and a series of cups, one (1) showing a somewhat late
derivative of the 'tortoise shell', another (3) with a red lack-lustre glaze spiral
ornament on the buff ground. The vessel, of which the lower side is seen in
No. 2, showing white spirals on the dark brown ground, is of an interesting
' candlestick ' form, more fully illustrated in Fig. 422.
The type is identical with Egyptian clay ' candlesticks ' of Fourth 'Candle-
Dynasty date (Fig. 423 a). Its prototype, however, had been already of Early
introduced into Crete in the Early Minoan Age with other proto-dynastic fypjfian
elements. An E. M. II example from a Tholos Ossuary at Siva,1 near
Phaestos, is given in Fig. 423 b.
South-East Bath-room.
This utensil, which may have held some kind of torch, was probably S.E.
useful in connexion with the small and apparently dark chamber into which room,
the entrance passage opened on the left (Fig. 419). From its square shape
and its good gypsum paving and dado this little chamber was from its first
discovery regarded as a bath-room.
But this conclusion subsequently received a strong confirmation due to
the piecing together, in the course of a gradual work of restoration, of some
large pottery fragments derived from this particular area. These proved to M. M. in
be parts of a bath of elegant shape, tapering from the shoulders to the foot,
which it was possible to reconstitute almost in its entirety (Fig. 424). It
shows a ribbed moulding above with triple streaks at intervals, and its sides
are divided into panels. Within these, on a warm buff ground, were found
traces of brown glaze decoration in the shape of sprays of reeds or grasses
such as frequently occur in the painted designs of this and the ensuing
Period.
The bath has been placed in the Plan in its probable position within the
bath-room : its length is 1-45 metre, and its greatest height 50 centimetres.
From the panelling of its surface it would seem to have been copied from
a woodwork original. Its taper form and the raised outline towards the head
give it a curiously modern appearance. In this latter particular it differs
from the known Late Minoan baths, the level profile of which enabled them
to be fitted with lids and thus made use of either as chests or coffins.
R. Paribeni, Ausonia, viii, col. 22, Fig. 10.
P p 2