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EMBOSSED BANDAND MINIATURE EMBROIDERIES 37
Fig. 20. Embossed Band (f).
markable group of fragments found in a large
painted stucco deposit that came to light
beneath a later threshing floor, about 15 metres
North of the area where the ' Miniature Fres-
coes ' were found.1 As a series of these frag-
ments evidently belonged to the same subject
we may infer that they were in this case not
mere disjecta membra, but derived from the
borders of the region in which they were found
and connected probably with the same group
of sacral structures as those depicting the
Grove and Temple.
Miniature Designs representing Embroideries
on Dress.
As being of an exceptional character, the Minia-
group of fragments referred to is described in sjgns
this place. The Miniatures in this case did ur°™de™~
not stand by themselves, but were subsidiary on female
to larger figures, and a study of their remains
established the conclusion that they repre-
sented the embroidered designs on the robes
of one or more seated female figures, partly
shown in slight relief. All the lines connected
with miniature designs were slightly waved or
curved, evidently belonging to the flounces or
aprons of feminine attire.
Associated with these were sections of Em
slightly embossed bands, 4-1 centimetres in
diameter, of very hard plaster with a smooth
surface, in one case coloured a brilliant azure
blue, in the other a deep red and showing a
series of chevrons and spirals dotted in with
robe.
bossed
bands.
1 This great fresco heap—or, rather heaps—
lay for the most part under a later threshing
floor (aXmviov) above the area of the N.W-.
Portico. It contained miscellaneous pieces
of painted stucco evidently stripped from the
walls of the neighbouring Palace region in the
course of their demolition to supply building
materials elsewhere. That this took place at
a late epoch may be gathered from two circum-
stances. Not only did the deposit itself con-
tain some L. M. Ill fresco patterns, but it was
superposed on wall-stumps of ' Reoccupation'
date.
Fig. 20. Embossed Band (f).
markable group of fragments found in a large
painted stucco deposit that came to light
beneath a later threshing floor, about 15 metres
North of the area where the ' Miniature Fres-
coes ' were found.1 As a series of these frag-
ments evidently belonged to the same subject
we may infer that they were in this case not
mere disjecta membra, but derived from the
borders of the region in which they were found
and connected probably with the same group
of sacral structures as those depicting the
Grove and Temple.
Miniature Designs representing Embroideries
on Dress.
As being of an exceptional character, the Minia-
group of fragments referred to is described in sjgns
this place. The Miniatures in this case did ur°™de™~
not stand by themselves, but were subsidiary on female
to larger figures, and a study of their remains
established the conclusion that they repre-
sented the embroidered designs on the robes
of one or more seated female figures, partly
shown in slight relief. All the lines connected
with miniature designs were slightly waved or
curved, evidently belonging to the flounces or
aprons of feminine attire.
Associated with these were sections of Em
slightly embossed bands, 4-1 centimetres in
diameter, of very hard plaster with a smooth
surface, in one case coloured a brilliant azure
blue, in the other a deep red and showing a
series of chevrons and spirals dotted in with
robe.
bossed
bands.
1 This great fresco heap—or, rather heaps—
lay for the most part under a later threshing
floor (aXmviov) above the area of the N.W-.
Portico. It contained miscellaneous pieces
of painted stucco evidently stripped from the
walls of the neighbouring Palace region in the
course of their demolition to supply building
materials elsewhere. That this took place at
a late epoch may be gathered from two circum-
stances. Not only did the deposit itself con-
tain some L. M. Ill fresco patterns, but it was
superposed on wall-stumps of ' Reoccupation'
date.