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)

§ 66. Double Facade of Palace on Central Court—Restored
Columnar Shrine and Stepped Porch: the 'Central Stairs', and
Sanctuary Quarter.

Entrance to Central Court from ' South-North Corridor ' ; Stylobate,
■marking new frontage of Court; Earlier wall-line behind ; Rounded N.E.
corner of the older orthostatic wall; Remains of earlier ' mosaiko ' pavement;
Later paving of Court; Statue of User in M. M. II h stratum beneath this ;
Staircase from basement; Piers of upper columnar gallery ; Stylobate of later
facade laid down in M. M. IIIh—fragment of' Miniature Fresco' beneath it;
Steps dozun to basement area; Vestiges of Columnar Shrine—tzco pairs of
bases visible ; Compartment between, answering to cella / Restoration of shrine
—its small dimensions ; Open areas behind zvings ; Deposit of seal-impressions
with Minoan Rhea ; Shrine on borders of sanctuary quarter ; The ' Stepped
Porch '—M. M. Ill magazine zuith cists belozu—traces of intermediate system
involving interval of time; Discovery of second column-base within Porch;
Green schist slabs of landing and gypsum threshold; ' Throne Room ' system
N. of Porch later construction ; ' Sacral Horns ' fallen from roof; Mr. F. G.
Newton's restoration of facade of Palace on Central Court; Stepped cornice
blocks ; Evidences of ' Central Staircase'—stair-blocks with marks of steps ;
Remains of gypsum steps ; Central Corridor ; ' Tri-co/u?)/nar Hall'—Pillar
crypts below; ' fezoel Fresco' probable key to earlier decoration of Hall;
Treasury chamber—Deposit of ritual vessels ; Remains of numerous stone
' rhylons '—flitted vessels ; ' Marble' vessel in form of Triton shell; Globular
alabastron imported from Egypt ; Spouted vase of faience ; Compared zuith
silver vessel from Byblos tomb.

Entrance At the point where the South-North Corridor reaches the Central

tral Court Court it steps up over a stylobate running from East to West—(restored in

fromS.- Fig. 520, together with the adjacent pavement slabs)—the well-preserved

dor. angle of which is seen about 3! metres West. This stylobate, which forms

a prominent feature of the later Palace all along the West side of the Court

and connects itself with a pillared portico, no doubt originally marked its

Southern border in the same way. Owing to the slope of the hill, however,

this part of the original plateau has suffered a good deal of denudation, so

that from this point even the foundations of the boundary line on this side

have disappeared. Incidentally, as will be seen from Fig. 520, a fine view