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)

24 'ROOM OF KNOBBED PITHOS'

70 cm. above its original floor,—-a new opening was made for it, this time in
its East wall, and communicating with the Central Basement room. The
GROUND ELEVATION BEFORE EXCAVATION

^Ir-.^n^tt.

SB ~-> 11 riv

1 25 "O
^> m

?r 2
FALLEN '?3^

FRAGMENTS J>5
^ OF MINIATURE
/^ FRE5COES

r f?.^



b»B>



5eP



r™z 3



it/o-1



iL, *



Fig. 12. Diagrammatic Section of East Part of ' Room of Knobbed Pithos ', etc.
level of this plaster floor is thus shown to correspond with the M. M. 111 b
stage, in all probability its post-seismic stage, contemporary with the great
restoration of the Palace.

The threshold of this new opening lay at the same level as that of the