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Proto-
Egyptian
copper
' Chal-
ices '.
Minia-
ture
votive
bowl.
Clay
idols.
ATE NEOLITHIC HOUSES BENEATH CENTRAL COURT
Fig. 4.1 It will be seen that the Pyrgos chalices are taller and clearly dis-
tinguished by their slender pedestals, which give them more elegant
proportions. Late Neolithic examples of this class of chalices have been
given in the first Volume of this work 2 and present a remarkable parallel
both in shape and in their hand-polished surface to a type of vessel found in
First Dynasty Tombs at Abydos.3 The evidence of the Knossian strata
shows that they can be traced back to within
the borders of the Middle Neolithic.
The band round the middle of Fig. 4 and,
still more, the well - defined ' cordon' round
Fig. 3, m, are suggestive of metal-work and in
this connexion the appearance of a small proto-
dynastic copper type * closely resembling the
latter form is of exceptional interest (see inset
to note 4). It looks as if the metal type may
have had a very early history in the Nile
Valley.
The tiny bowl with ear-handles, shown Fig. 4. Late Neolithic 'Cha-
natural size in Fig. 5>, resembling specimens ™ce'with Burnished Striations
& > &' . (restored), Stratum /3.
previously described,5 must be assigned to the
same votive class as the miniature platters—in that case actually found with
a squatting clay image—from a Late Neolithic stratum at Phaestos. Two
broken clay ' idols' and fragments of two others were found in the present
deposit. That of which the back view is given in Fig. 3, bb, was
unfortunately much mutilated, but enough remains to show that it
corresponds with the ' squatting' type of female figurine given in the
inset, belonging to a class that has Anatolian affinities.6 Fig. 3, cc, of
the same pale terra-cotta as the former specimen, has lost its upper
part, but has a special interest as marking the transition from the
1 Other fragmentary specimens were found
in 1913 in a similar medium beneath the pave-
ment on the N. border of the Central Court.
2 P. 58, Fig. 17. There called 'Sub-
Neolithic '.
3 See Knossos, Report, 1904, pp. 23, 24. To
Petrie the Abydos type was non-Egyptian.
4 Royal Tombs, ii, PI. IX, a (Tomb of
Khasekhemui: two examples, about 8 cm.
high, as Fig. 3, ni). (See inset to right.)
5 P. of M., i, p. 39, Fig. 6, 6, 7. With
handles of the
perforated hori-
zontal type,
s lb., p. 46, Fig.
12, 3 a, b, c: see
too, for better
representation of
details, Fig. 13, 3,
and compare the
Adalian specimen
Fig. 13, 17.
Egyptian
copper
' Chal-
ices '.
Minia-
ture
votive
bowl.
Clay
idols.
ATE NEOLITHIC HOUSES BENEATH CENTRAL COURT
Fig. 4.1 It will be seen that the Pyrgos chalices are taller and clearly dis-
tinguished by their slender pedestals, which give them more elegant
proportions. Late Neolithic examples of this class of chalices have been
given in the first Volume of this work 2 and present a remarkable parallel
both in shape and in their hand-polished surface to a type of vessel found in
First Dynasty Tombs at Abydos.3 The evidence of the Knossian strata
shows that they can be traced back to within
the borders of the Middle Neolithic.
The band round the middle of Fig. 4 and,
still more, the well - defined ' cordon' round
Fig. 3, m, are suggestive of metal-work and in
this connexion the appearance of a small proto-
dynastic copper type * closely resembling the
latter form is of exceptional interest (see inset
to note 4). It looks as if the metal type may
have had a very early history in the Nile
Valley.
The tiny bowl with ear-handles, shown Fig. 4. Late Neolithic 'Cha-
natural size in Fig. 5>, resembling specimens ™ce'with Burnished Striations
& > &' . (restored), Stratum /3.
previously described,5 must be assigned to the
same votive class as the miniature platters—in that case actually found with
a squatting clay image—from a Late Neolithic stratum at Phaestos. Two
broken clay ' idols' and fragments of two others were found in the present
deposit. That of which the back view is given in Fig. 3, bb, was
unfortunately much mutilated, but enough remains to show that it
corresponds with the ' squatting' type of female figurine given in the
inset, belonging to a class that has Anatolian affinities.6 Fig. 3, cc, of
the same pale terra-cotta as the former specimen, has lost its upper
part, but has a special interest as marking the transition from the
1 Other fragmentary specimens were found
in 1913 in a similar medium beneath the pave-
ment on the N. border of the Central Court.
2 P. 58, Fig. 17. There called 'Sub-
Neolithic '.
3 See Knossos, Report, 1904, pp. 23, 24. To
Petrie the Abydos type was non-Egyptian.
4 Royal Tombs, ii, PI. IX, a (Tomb of
Khasekhemui: two examples, about 8 cm.
high, as Fig. 3, ni). (See inset to right.)
5 P. of M., i, p. 39, Fig. 6, 6, 7. With
handles of the
perforated hori-
zontal type,
s lb., p. 46, Fig.
12, 3 a, b, c: see
too, for better
representation of
details, Fig. 13, 3,
and compare the
Adalian specimen
Fig. 13, 17.