Evans, Arthur J.: The Palace of Minos: a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustred by the discoveries at Knossos (Band 4,1): Emergence of outer western enceinte, with new illustrations, artistic and religious, of the Middle Minoan Phase (London, 1935)

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GOBLETS WITH SNAKE'S HEAD HANDLES

whole group of pedestalled cups.1 Its most interesting feature had not
however, been observed.

Parts of the rolled handle 2 of this painted goblet were preserved__

Fig. Ho. Painted Goblets (L. M. I />) showing Bands of ' Wave and Dot' Pattern

TERMINATING IN HANDLES WITH SNAKES' HEADS (a, KnOSSOS ; />, Pl-IAESTOS).

including its point of attachment and its termination—and the latter
section of this is of extraordinary importance. The handle shows—under a
more foliated aspect—the continuation of the wave pattern round the body
of the vessel, and ends in what is clearly a snake's head (Fig. 145, a 2) with
the eyes in relief, and the markings of a characteristic serpent's mouth.

A further light, moreover, has now been supplied through the dis-
covery, in 1928, by Professor Pernier, of a painted clay goblet of similar

nearly that of the gold ctip with the mar-
guerites from Grave IV (Schliemann, p. 234,
Fig. 344: Karo, PL CXI). The external
disks round the margin of the base both of
this and the similar painted clay goblet from
HagiaTriada (Fig. 145, b) answer indeed to the

knobs round that of the last-mentioned gold
vessel.

1 See below, p. 364, Fig. 304.

2 Imperfectly rendered in the original
figure, B.S.A.> vi, p. 7S (Fig. 23), the im-
portant terminal section being omitted.