Evans, Arthur J.: The Palace of Minos: a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustred by the discoveries at Knossos (Band 2,2): Town houses in Knossos of the new era and restored West Palace Section (London, 1928)

436 'HOUSE OF FRESCOES': ROOM OF THE VASES

hoard on the South slope, is here illustrated for comparison in Fig. 253, f.
It belongs to the transitional M. M. III-L. M. I phase. The painted vessels
found on the floor of this room have a special interest in their bearing on
the date at which the house ceased to be occupied. That its final ruin took

Fig. 253. a, b, c, d, e, Painted Vessels from Room j. "Ic : or the Frescoes '
f, Bronze Vessel from Hoard for CoMi-arison.

Pottery
M. M.
inland
L. M. I a.

place in the L. M. I a Period is further corroborated by the fact that pottery
of that style was uniformly found in the disturbed earth above the floor-levels
in various parts of the house. On the other hand the very early and tran-
sitional character of some of the fragments found in Room H was itself a note-
worthy fact. Some of these belonged to a distinctly earlier phase than that
represented by the mature L. M. I a jugs (Fig. 253, a, b) and other associated
vessels. Among these fragments occurred that shown in Fig. 255, with black