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)

INSCRIBED LIBATION TABLE AND STONE 'LADLE' 439

Palaikastro, and again on the Trullos ' Ladle' that connects it with the cult
of J uktas.

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Fig. 256. a, b, Part of Inscribed Libation Table in Banded Limestone; c Votive
Ladle of Grey Limestone; d, Inscribed Characters of Linear Class A on lwo biDES
of Libation Table. 'House of Frescoes.'

The association, in the present instance, of the inscribed Libation Table
with a votive ' ladle' of the same type supplies a new link of connexion
between the local cult of Knossos and that of its Peak Sanctuary as well as
with that of the legendary birth-cave of the ' Cretan Zeus'.