Evans, Arthur: The shaft graves and bee-hive tombs of Mycenae and their interrelation (London, 1929)

M.M. Ill STONE VESSELS FROM GREAT THOLOI 83

M. M. Ill Stone Vessels associated with two great Mycenae Tholoi.

In the Dromos of the 'Atreus' Tomb, and doubtless originally derived
from it, there were found by Stamatakis twelve fragments of stone vessels.1
Six of the pieces consisting of grey limestone (Fig. GO) belonged to a cylindrical

Fig. 60. Fragments of Cylindrical Pot with Grooves and Holes for Inlays :
with Sections of the same : Dromos of 'Atreus' Tomb. ({)

pot (Fig. 61),s of which part of the lid was also found. This was grooved
near to the base and pitted with small hollows as if to receive some filling.
These maybe thought to have held white plaster, as they are rather shallow,
for the insetting of cut materials. But they at least reflect the practice
—a special characteristic of the earlier phase of the Third Middle Minoan
Period—of inserting circular shell inlays into the sides of limestone vessels,3

1 The fragments themselves were described 2 Fig. 01 is from a restored drawing executed
for the first time by Mr. Wace in his account for me by Monsieur E. Gillieron, fils.
of the Tholos Tombs (B.S.A., xxv, p. 353), 3 See P. of M., i, pp. 412-14, and Figs,
though no hint is there given as to their 297, 298.
significance.

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