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Plaster
dais.
Great
stone
water-
shafts in
wall-
possible
cistern.
388 'TOILETTE ROOM' AND PLASTER STAND
the bath-water was disposed of, but the sink was doubtless used for the
purposes of the room itself. In view of other analogies such as, for instance,
the low plaster 'sideboard' along the back wall of the little kitchen behind
the ' Room of the Throne', it
seems most probable that the
plaster dais that occupies the
South - West angle of this
chamber (see Fig. 260) was
used not as a couch (according
to the original suggestion)1
but as a support for vessels
such as ewers and washing
basins. In view of this pro-
bability it seems preferable to
give this room the name of
' Toilette Chamber'.
The whole of the interior
of the South wall of this Cham-
ber was occupied by two great
shafts by which the rain-water
from the roof of this part of the
' Domestic Quarter' reached
a main line of built drain
below.
The shafts themselves stood
in relation to two small latrines ----- "
serving rooms on the upper
floor, but there is also a very
considerable oblong space be- Fig. 259
tween the two that is un-
accounted for and seems to be best explained by the former existence or
a cistern, supplied above by a separate channel. In this case there
may well have been some direct water supply by means of a pipe opening
in the South-East corner of the 'Toilette Room'. The little private
' Court of the Distaffs', into which this chamber opened on its North
flOOK
/
I
Elevation of Corridor Wall showing
Spiral Frieze.
1 In accordance with this view this area was appears as the ' Room of the Plaster Couch '
originally named the ' Room of the Plaster in the original plans and in my Knossos,.
Couch', it being thought that the platform Report, 1502, pp. 62-4.
might have served for a guardian's couch. It
dais.
Great
stone
water-
shafts in
wall-
possible
cistern.
388 'TOILETTE ROOM' AND PLASTER STAND
the bath-water was disposed of, but the sink was doubtless used for the
purposes of the room itself. In view of other analogies such as, for instance,
the low plaster 'sideboard' along the back wall of the little kitchen behind
the ' Room of the Throne', it
seems most probable that the
plaster dais that occupies the
South - West angle of this
chamber (see Fig. 260) was
used not as a couch (according
to the original suggestion)1
but as a support for vessels
such as ewers and washing
basins. In view of this pro-
bability it seems preferable to
give this room the name of
' Toilette Chamber'.
The whole of the interior
of the South wall of this Cham-
ber was occupied by two great
shafts by which the rain-water
from the roof of this part of the
' Domestic Quarter' reached
a main line of built drain
below.
The shafts themselves stood
in relation to two small latrines ----- "
serving rooms on the upper
floor, but there is also a very
considerable oblong space be- Fig. 259
tween the two that is un-
accounted for and seems to be best explained by the former existence or
a cistern, supplied above by a separate channel. In this case there
may well have been some direct water supply by means of a pipe opening
in the South-East corner of the 'Toilette Room'. The little private
' Court of the Distaffs', into which this chamber opened on its North
flOOK
/
I
Elevation of Corridor Wall showing
Spiral Frieze.
1 In accordance with this view this area was appears as the ' Room of the Plaster Couch '
originally named the ' Room of the Plaster in the original plans and in my Knossos,.
Couch', it being thought that the platform Report, 1502, pp. 62-4.
might have served for a guardian's couch. It