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SOUTH-WEST COLUMNAR CHAMBER RESTORED 3
of a shaft and pillar, both of masonry construction according to the earlier
procedure.
It is to be observed that in the course of this work of conservation it Lateral
was found advisable in places to go beyond the immediate objective and to st,c°c"ion
carry up to a certain height walls and structures forming; lateral supports for but"
&11 tressing
to parts of the fabric that it seemed desirable to preserve from shocks in a important
special manner. ^™"
An instance of this is given below1 in the case of the upper structures
of the North-West Porch, which served in fact for a buttress to the high
back wall of the West Portico of the Northern Entrance Passage—itself
of such importance as having served as a field for the noble frieze of stucco
reliefs relating to bull-grappling scenes. A similar necessity occurred in
the case of the West Wall of the South Propylaeum, upon which the ' Cup-
bearer' fresco that originally found a place there has been restored in
replica.
Adjoining the Propylaeum on this side was what appears to have Recon
been a little sanctuary chamber with a single column, the lower support 0fS.-w.
for which was supplied by a gypsum pillar rising in the middle of a small Columnar
corresponding space below, which, according to various analogies, would pjnar
have represented a sanctuary crypt. Access was probably obtained to this, "W'
as in other cases, by means of a ladder from a trap-door above.
The upper chamber—recently restored, largely on account of the
support it gave to the adjoining Propylaeum wall, and reproduced for the first
time in Fig. 1—is itself of considerable interest in its bearing on the fine
entrance system to the Palace from the South-West. It communicated
with the light-area in front of the South Propylaeum by means of what
has been interpreted as a double doorway, while two steps in its North
Wall led down to it from the adjoining area at the back of the Propylaeum.
Outside this doorway and the threshold in the adjoining corner, there was
brought to light at an earlier period of the Excavation, in a pit about four
metres deep, a considerable deposit of mature L. M. I a sherds, representing Depositor
the same ceramic phase as the large accumulation of pottery found beneath pottery—
the East Stairs. A figurine of an ox here occurred, and, among" hundreds Y°tive
° ^ figure,
of small cups of the usual offertory class, were specimens covered with an
unfixed pigment of a brilliant red, a ritual feature.
The whole deposit clearly belonged to the votive class and may be
taken to. confirm the presumption suggested by the Pillar Crypt below
that the adjoining Columnar Chamber had served a religious function
] See below, pp. n and 13, and Fig. 5.
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of a shaft and pillar, both of masonry construction according to the earlier
procedure.
It is to be observed that in the course of this work of conservation it Lateral
was found advisable in places to go beyond the immediate objective and to st,c°c"ion
carry up to a certain height walls and structures forming; lateral supports for but"
&11 tressing
to parts of the fabric that it seemed desirable to preserve from shocks in a important
special manner. ^™"
An instance of this is given below1 in the case of the upper structures
of the North-West Porch, which served in fact for a buttress to the high
back wall of the West Portico of the Northern Entrance Passage—itself
of such importance as having served as a field for the noble frieze of stucco
reliefs relating to bull-grappling scenes. A similar necessity occurred in
the case of the West Wall of the South Propylaeum, upon which the ' Cup-
bearer' fresco that originally found a place there has been restored in
replica.
Adjoining the Propylaeum on this side was what appears to have Recon
been a little sanctuary chamber with a single column, the lower support 0fS.-w.
for which was supplied by a gypsum pillar rising in the middle of a small Columnar
corresponding space below, which, according to various analogies, would pjnar
have represented a sanctuary crypt. Access was probably obtained to this, "W'
as in other cases, by means of a ladder from a trap-door above.
The upper chamber—recently restored, largely on account of the
support it gave to the adjoining Propylaeum wall, and reproduced for the first
time in Fig. 1—is itself of considerable interest in its bearing on the fine
entrance system to the Palace from the South-West. It communicated
with the light-area in front of the South Propylaeum by means of what
has been interpreted as a double doorway, while two steps in its North
Wall led down to it from the adjoining area at the back of the Propylaeum.
Outside this doorway and the threshold in the adjoining corner, there was
brought to light at an earlier period of the Excavation, in a pit about four
metres deep, a considerable deposit of mature L. M. I a sherds, representing Depositor
the same ceramic phase as the large accumulation of pottery found beneath pottery—
the East Stairs. A figurine of an ox here occurred, and, among" hundreds Y°tive
° ^ figure,
of small cups of the usual offertory class, were specimens covered with an
unfixed pigment of a brilliant red, a ritual feature.
The whole deposit clearly belonged to the votive class and may be
taken to. confirm the presumption suggested by the Pillar Crypt below
that the adjoining Columnar Chamber had served a religious function
] See below, pp. n and 13, and Fig. 5.
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