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SPIRAL BANDS AT KNOSSOS AND MYCENAE 75
association with remains of bands of rosettes and half-rosettes in the area of
the South-West Porch at Knossos, the existence of which was cut short before
Fig. 53. Spiral Band from Mycenae in Nauplia Museum.
Fig. 54. Part of Spiral Band (restored from other Fragments) and Section of
Border : S.W. Porch, Knossos.
the end of M. M. III. Similar sculptured bands were found in connexion with
the Tomb of Clytemnestra.1 The evidence of original inlays in the centre of
the spirals, noteworthy in the case of one or more decorative bands from the
1 Wace,y. H. S., xxv, p. 113, Fig. 2.
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association with remains of bands of rosettes and half-rosettes in the area of
the South-West Porch at Knossos, the existence of which was cut short before
Fig. 53. Spiral Band from Mycenae in Nauplia Museum.
Fig. 54. Part of Spiral Band (restored from other Fragments) and Section of
Border : S.W. Porch, Knossos.
the end of M. M. III. Similar sculptured bands were found in connexion with
the Tomb of Clytemnestra.1 The evidence of original inlays in the centre of
the spirals, noteworthy in the case of one or more decorative bands from the
1 Wace,y. H. S., xxv, p. 113, Fig. 2.
1