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264 'EAST CORRIDOR' AND 'COURT OF STONE SPOUT'
Earlier
Maga-
zines of
' corded
pithoi'
beneath
entrance
system
of E.
Corridor.
hall, leads into the little ' Court of the Stone Spout' on the North side of
which an opening visible in the fine gypsum facade gave access to an upper
landing- of the staircase that descends to the East Postern and Bastion.
This route of egress from
the residential part of the build-
ing must itself have served the
convenience of the Palace lords
in a very special manner, if, as
has been suggested, the ' Dancing
Ground' and the arena of the
bull-grappling sports lay on the
river flat below, with its ancient
groves and varied amenities.
The 'Royal Villa', too, would
have been naturally reached from
the central halls on this side by
the same route.
The whole area occupied by
the entrance chamber of the
' East Corridor' and the adjoining
Court had been originally occupied
by a series of early Magazines
containing great ' corded pithoi',
two of which have been partially
restored and roofed over beyond
the staircase-landing referred to
above. On a plaster floor, about
90 centimetres below the level of the ' Court of the Stone Spout', were
remains of others. The truncated base of one was found in position under the
facade wall of the adjoining ' North-East Chamber', and a smaller one,
practically complete, at the same depth beneath its floor. This has now been
placed in one of the Magazines beside a larger pithos, and is shown for the
first time in Fig. 179. Together with the remains of these 'corded pithoi',
on the same level, there occurred fragments of polychrome vases of M. M. II b
types. It was evident therefore that the revolutionary change of plan, of
which we have here evidences, took place after a great destruction that
marks the closing phase of that Period, and may itself be ascribed to
M. M. Ilia.
Fig. 179. View of ' Corded Pithoi '
Earlier
Maga-
zines of
' corded
pithoi'
beneath
entrance
system
of E.
Corridor.
hall, leads into the little ' Court of the Stone Spout' on the North side of
which an opening visible in the fine gypsum facade gave access to an upper
landing- of the staircase that descends to the East Postern and Bastion.
This route of egress from
the residential part of the build-
ing must itself have served the
convenience of the Palace lords
in a very special manner, if, as
has been suggested, the ' Dancing
Ground' and the arena of the
bull-grappling sports lay on the
river flat below, with its ancient
groves and varied amenities.
The 'Royal Villa', too, would
have been naturally reached from
the central halls on this side by
the same route.
The whole area occupied by
the entrance chamber of the
' East Corridor' and the adjoining
Court had been originally occupied
by a series of early Magazines
containing great ' corded pithoi',
two of which have been partially
restored and roofed over beyond
the staircase-landing referred to
above. On a plaster floor, about
90 centimetres below the level of the ' Court of the Stone Spout', were
remains of others. The truncated base of one was found in position under the
facade wall of the adjoining ' North-East Chamber', and a smaller one,
practically complete, at the same depth beneath its floor. This has now been
placed in one of the Magazines beside a larger pithos, and is shown for the
first time in Fig. 179. Together with the remains of these 'corded pithoi',
on the same level, there occurred fragments of polychrome vases of M. M. II b
types. It was evident therefore that the revolutionary change of plan, of
which we have here evidences, took place after a great destruction that
marks the closing phase of that Period, and may itself be ascribed to
M. M. Ilia.
Fig. 179. View of ' Corded Pithoi '