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166 STEPPED PORTICO AND S.W. ENTRANCE SYSTEM
Evidence
of inten-
sive use
of South
transit
road in
L.M. I.
Early
XVIIIth
Dynasty
tomb
paintings
paralleled
by Pro-
cessional
Fresco at
Knossos.
route across the Island was in fact very extensively made use of during the
First Late Minoan Period.
From the Southern port of Komo, with its ' Custom-house ' containing
stores of L. M. I oil-jars, to the important civic settlement of Visala and the
road-head itself by the Vlychia terrace, the most abundant deposits of pottery
connected with the course of the old built way across the Island that has
hitherto come to light belong to this epoch. The ceramic remains, moreover,
associated with the Viaduct itself show that at any rate its final phase was
coeval with the latest Palace at Knossos.
On the other hand evidence forthcoming from the oversea goal of the
merchandise that made its way along this Southern transit route greatly
confirms the impression of its intensive development at that epoch. The
wall-paintings of XVIIIth Dynasty Egyptian tombs, such as those of
Sen-mut, User Anion, and Rekhmara, reflect Cretan forms of vessels
in metal-work dating from the mature First Late Minoan Period, and
about a score of Minoan painted vases found in Egyptian deposits belong
to the L. M. I b style. Moreover, as will be shown below, the processional
figures of the tribute bearers from Keftiu and the ' Isles of the Sea', seen on
wall-paintings of the Egyptian viziers, themselves find their counterpart in
those of the entrance Corridor of the Palace on the West.
WHITE QUARTZ VEIN??*
w„ n^ ,.^y
\\ \if f
6oa.
4-
3.
-L
o
Fig. 84. Spiral Band (a, b) and part of Rosette Border (c) (restored) ; from
the Area of the South West-Entrance Porch.
Evidence
of inten-
sive use
of South
transit
road in
L.M. I.
Early
XVIIIth
Dynasty
tomb
paintings
paralleled
by Pro-
cessional
Fresco at
Knossos.
route across the Island was in fact very extensively made use of during the
First Late Minoan Period.
From the Southern port of Komo, with its ' Custom-house ' containing
stores of L. M. I oil-jars, to the important civic settlement of Visala and the
road-head itself by the Vlychia terrace, the most abundant deposits of pottery
connected with the course of the old built way across the Island that has
hitherto come to light belong to this epoch. The ceramic remains, moreover,
associated with the Viaduct itself show that at any rate its final phase was
coeval with the latest Palace at Knossos.
On the other hand evidence forthcoming from the oversea goal of the
merchandise that made its way along this Southern transit route greatly
confirms the impression of its intensive development at that epoch. The
wall-paintings of XVIIIth Dynasty Egyptian tombs, such as those of
Sen-mut, User Anion, and Rekhmara, reflect Cretan forms of vessels
in metal-work dating from the mature First Late Minoan Period, and
about a score of Minoan painted vases found in Egyptian deposits belong
to the L. M. I b style. Moreover, as will be shown below, the processional
figures of the tribute bearers from Keftiu and the ' Isles of the Sea', seen on
wall-paintings of the Egyptian viziers, themselves find their counterpart in
those of the entrance Corridor of the Palace on the West.
WHITE QUARTZ VEIN??*
w„ n^ ,.^y
\\ \if f
6oa.
4-
3.
-L
o
Fig. 84. Spiral Band (a, b) and part of Rosette Border (c) (restored) ; from
the Area of the South West-Entrance Porch.