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THE TWO-HANDLED TYPE IN METAL AND CLAY 365
found with the large signet in the deposit near the Grave Circle at Mycenae'
may also be cited for comparison, though the handles in this case terminate
above in zoomorphic heads. The stemmed goblet held in the hands of
a votary in the ' Camp Stool Fresco' (Fig. 305, c) described in the succeeding
Section," also belongs to this two-handled class. From the blue ground
Fig. 305. Metal Types of Two-handled Pedestal Goblets from Knossos.
a, Silver, ' Royal Tomb ', Isopata ; i, Bronze, Tomb of Tripod Hearth,
Knossos ; 0, ' Camp-stool Fresco ' (presumed to be silver).
with repeated black curves it is suggested that its material was of silver with
curved flutings.
These later metal types herald a whole series of painted clay goblets
that stand in relation to the last 'Palace Style' of Knossos and of
which the presumed Sanctuary of the South-Western Palace Angle has
supplied such a considerable amount of evidence. To the completed
specimens from that area there has been added in Fig. 302, d, one of some-
what high proportions, restored from the remaining portion of its lower
half, which has a special chronological value. It was found in the stone
drain that had served the light-well of the great East Hall of the Palace,
and the use of which can therefore be dated to the latest epoch of the
building. It may thus be taken to represent the final phase of the L. M. II
style.
The association of this vessel with the ' East Hall' may not itself be
without some ritual significance since we have convincing evidence that this
had also served as a sanctuary.3 In the same way, as will be shown in the
concluding Section of this Volume, the newly discovered ' Temple Tomb'
has preserved a record of the employment of similar goblets associated with
Schuchhardt, Schlievianih Excavations,
P- 276, Fig. 280.
2 See Part II, pp. 381, 3S2.
s See J3, of M., iii, p. 525, &c.
found with the large signet in the deposit near the Grave Circle at Mycenae'
may also be cited for comparison, though the handles in this case terminate
above in zoomorphic heads. The stemmed goblet held in the hands of
a votary in the ' Camp Stool Fresco' (Fig. 305, c) described in the succeeding
Section," also belongs to this two-handled class. From the blue ground
Fig. 305. Metal Types of Two-handled Pedestal Goblets from Knossos.
a, Silver, ' Royal Tomb ', Isopata ; i, Bronze, Tomb of Tripod Hearth,
Knossos ; 0, ' Camp-stool Fresco ' (presumed to be silver).
with repeated black curves it is suggested that its material was of silver with
curved flutings.
These later metal types herald a whole series of painted clay goblets
that stand in relation to the last 'Palace Style' of Knossos and of
which the presumed Sanctuary of the South-Western Palace Angle has
supplied such a considerable amount of evidence. To the completed
specimens from that area there has been added in Fig. 302, d, one of some-
what high proportions, restored from the remaining portion of its lower
half, which has a special chronological value. It was found in the stone
drain that had served the light-well of the great East Hall of the Palace,
and the use of which can therefore be dated to the latest epoch of the
building. It may thus be taken to represent the final phase of the L. M. II
style.
The association of this vessel with the ' East Hall' may not itself be
without some ritual significance since we have convincing evidence that this
had also served as a sanctuary.3 In the same way, as will be shown in the
concluding Section of this Volume, the newly discovered ' Temple Tomb'
has preserved a record of the employment of similar goblets associated with
Schuchhardt, Schlievianih Excavations,
P- 276, Fig. 280.
2 See Part II, pp. 381, 3S2.
s See J3, of M., iii, p. 525, &c.