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)

608 HALF-ROSETTE BAND AND INCURVED ALTAR-BASES

moreover, required by the structural arrangement as seen in Fig. 381, c, explains the intervening
triglyphs of the friezes.

The connexion with the incurved type of altar-bases shows at the same time that there was
an inherent religious element in this class of ornament.

Fig. 381. a, Altar with Incurved Support, Miniature Gold Shrine, Mycenae;
b. Bases of Lions, Lion's Gate ; c, Facade on Faience House Tablet, Knossos ; d, Fresco
Design beside Throne, Knossos.