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)

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'SACRAL' IVY SPRAYS ON L. M. I VASES

Natural
ivy-
leaves.

(Kakovatos) with ivy flowers out-
lined within the curves, originally
suggested by the upper margins
of the papyrus tufts. That natural
ivy-leaves had been already ar-
rived at by the same epoch is
shown, amongst other evidence,
by the lower section of a vase
from Palaikastro 1 and by a zone
of a pedestalled bowl from Gour-
nia,2 with another band above,
showing conventionalized sand
and pebbles also borrowed from
wall-paintings (Fig. 292). It
is also well illustrated by the
lower zone of an interesting transi-
tional jug (M.M. IIU-L.M. la)
from the Sixth Shaft Grave at
Mycenae,'5 showing in its upper
half and handle an imitation
of basket-work. The ivy-leaves
here have an inner white border
(Fig. 293).

It is in the more advanced
phase [5) of the First Late Minoan
Period, however, that the ' sacral'
ivy-leaf itself is most in evidence.
Onafragmentofanamphoraofthis
date,fromKakovatos4(Fig.291,<$),
we see in a reserved space both the

Tomb A. See, too, my Xing of Nestor
(J. H. S. 1925), pp. 44, 45 and Fig. 41.

1 See B.S.A., Suppl. Paper: Palai-
kastro Excavations, 1902-6, PI. XIII, \l>.

2 Boyd-Hawes, Goi/rnia, PI. IX, 1.

3 Specially drawn for me in the Museum
by Monsieur E. Gillieron, fils.

1 Kurt Miiller, Alt-Pylos {Atk. Mitth.,
xxxiv, 1909), PI. XXIV, 7.

Fig. 292. Pedestalled Bowl from Gournia.

Fig. 293. Jug of Transitional M. M. Ill b-
L. M. I a Style from Sixth Shaft Grave, My-
cenae.