28 MINOAN ASPERGILLA AND RITUAL SPRINKLING
certainly added to the probability of such a conclusion. That some kind of
' baptism ' with the aid of such a stone basin may have entered into the lustral
ceremonies ex hypothesi performed in the sunken areas, such as that to the
North-West of the Palace, is probable enough and might help to account for
their bath-room-like form. It is at the same time equally fitting that such
a ritual sprinkling should have been carried out in the crypts—one of which
was a kind of ' pillar-room '—where the stone basins were found.
Fig. 15 a. Restoration of Painted Plaster Relief in Knossian Style from Pseira
(see p. 38 and cf. p. 45, Fig. 27).
certainly added to the probability of such a conclusion. That some kind of
' baptism ' with the aid of such a stone basin may have entered into the lustral
ceremonies ex hypothesi performed in the sunken areas, such as that to the
North-West of the Palace, is probable enough and might help to account for
their bath-room-like form. It is at the same time equally fitting that such
a ritual sprinkling should have been carried out in the crypts—one of which
was a kind of ' pillar-room '—where the stone basins were found.
Fig. 15 a. Restoration of Painted Plaster Relief in Knossian Style from Pseira
(see p. 38 and cf. p. 45, Fig. 27).