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 3): The great transitional age in the northern and eastern sections of the Palace (London, 1930)

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NORTHERN LUSTRAL BASIN

In its construction this Northern Lustral Basin most nearly recalls that
of the Little Palace,1 though it was over twice the depth of the other and was
approached by sixteen descending steps instead of six. Here, too, in this

Isolation
of basin
from
other
struc-
tures.

Fig. 3. Plan of Northern Lustral Basin.

case on two sides, it was flanked by a narrow passage receiving its light from
between the columns of the parapet.

Careful supplementary excavations carried out in 1928 all round the
building entirely corroborated the conclusion, embodied in the plan, Fig. 3,
that the basin was isolated on all sides. To the North and West it was cut
off from any other structure and on the other two sides it was bounded by
Corridors. A trench round its outer walls showed that, unlike ordinary

P. of M., i, p. 405 seqq.