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LION'S HEAD 'RHYTONS' 421
Knossos. A profile view of this, showing a similar barbiche, is given by antici-
pation in Fig. 545, p. 830, below.1 Its date is probably L. M. II.
The seal-impression, of which portions are seen on two sides of the Seal-im-
clay nodule, is also of special interest since the intaglio from which they are with
taken belongs to a well-defined class, presenting the conventional facade of [ah?a?f 0<
a building, which was much in vogue in the Third Middle Minoan Period.-' ing',
A four-paned window, indeed, is seen in this design very like those that mJm. II.
recur on the faience ' House Tablets '. Part of a sealing of this class was
found in one of the Temple Repositories,3 and a whole row of disks on one
of the ' medallion' pithoi of the Royal Magazines had been impressed with
a seal of this kind.4 It has been already suggested that the building may
have been a summary representation of the Palace itself. The discovery
of this sealing in a Magazine of the North-East House, as well as the
occurrence of the remains of a series of ' medallion' pithoi such as were
found in the Royal Magazines, certainly seems to bring this building into
a palatial relation. It may, indeed, have served as a supplementary store- Was
house, which would account for its exceptional size and its numerous ™<z&to
Magazines. Its orientation exactly corresponds with that of the Palace. Palace^
The lion's head ' rhyton' that we may believe to have been contained
in some casket, of which we have here the broken sealing-, was in that case
a royal possession. The well-ascertained epoch of the signet-type at the
same time demonstrates that the precious relic to which it refers belonged
approximately to the same date as that from the Fourth Shaft Grave.
A certain number of small vessels of the M. M. Ill b class also survived m.m.
on the floors of these Magazines, including a ' hole-mouthed ', bridge-spouted m "Pot"
£>'*=> 01 tery.
pot with a black wash, and cups of the Vapheio form, showing a dark glaze.
There also occurred remains of a vase of the ' honey-pot' kind, resembling
a jar with incurved mouth like those of the ' Temple Repositories', and one,
with an inscription of the Linear Class A, found in a basement near the South-
West Angle of the Palace." The great bulk of the ceramic remains here But great
brought out belonged to the initial phase, a, of L. M. I, showing that this house ^m°j a
had been cut short at the same time as other houses of the epoch of including
restoration built in the immediate neighbourhood of the Palace, or even in Jar' type.
some cases within its original boundaries.
Of special interest among the L. M. I a pottery was the occurrence of
In the Section (§67, p. 827 seqq.) dealing 4 Ibid., p. 564, Fig. 410.
with the 'Central Palace Treasury'. * See A. E., Xtwssos, Report, 1901, pp. 10,
2 See P. o/AL, i, pp. 564, 565, and Fig. 411. n : cf. P. of AL, i, p. 616, Fig. 453.
' Ibid, P- S65, Fig. 411, a.
Knossos. A profile view of this, showing a similar barbiche, is given by antici-
pation in Fig. 545, p. 830, below.1 Its date is probably L. M. II.
The seal-impression, of which portions are seen on two sides of the Seal-im-
clay nodule, is also of special interest since the intaglio from which they are with
taken belongs to a well-defined class, presenting the conventional facade of [ah?a?f 0<
a building, which was much in vogue in the Third Middle Minoan Period.-' ing',
A four-paned window, indeed, is seen in this design very like those that mJm. II.
recur on the faience ' House Tablets '. Part of a sealing of this class was
found in one of the Temple Repositories,3 and a whole row of disks on one
of the ' medallion' pithoi of the Royal Magazines had been impressed with
a seal of this kind.4 It has been already suggested that the building may
have been a summary representation of the Palace itself. The discovery
of this sealing in a Magazine of the North-East House, as well as the
occurrence of the remains of a series of ' medallion' pithoi such as were
found in the Royal Magazines, certainly seems to bring this building into
a palatial relation. It may, indeed, have served as a supplementary store- Was
house, which would account for its exceptional size and its numerous ™<z&to
Magazines. Its orientation exactly corresponds with that of the Palace. Palace^
The lion's head ' rhyton' that we may believe to have been contained
in some casket, of which we have here the broken sealing-, was in that case
a royal possession. The well-ascertained epoch of the signet-type at the
same time demonstrates that the precious relic to which it refers belonged
approximately to the same date as that from the Fourth Shaft Grave.
A certain number of small vessels of the M. M. Ill b class also survived m.m.
on the floors of these Magazines, including a ' hole-mouthed ', bridge-spouted m "Pot"
£>'*=> 01 tery.
pot with a black wash, and cups of the Vapheio form, showing a dark glaze.
There also occurred remains of a vase of the ' honey-pot' kind, resembling
a jar with incurved mouth like those of the ' Temple Repositories', and one,
with an inscription of the Linear Class A, found in a basement near the South-
West Angle of the Palace." The great bulk of the ceramic remains here But great
brought out belonged to the initial phase, a, of L. M. I, showing that this house ^m°j a
had been cut short at the same time as other houses of the epoch of including
restoration built in the immediate neighbourhood of the Palace, or even in Jar' type.
some cases within its original boundaries.
Of special interest among the L. M. I a pottery was the occurrence of
In the Section (§67, p. 827 seqq.) dealing 4 Ibid., p. 564, Fig. 410.
with the 'Central Palace Treasury'. * See A. E., Xtwssos, Report, 1901, pp. 10,
2 See P. o/AL, i, pp. 564, 565, and Fig. 411. n : cf. P. of AL, i, p. 616, Fig. 453.
' Ibid, P- S65, Fig. 411, a.