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 4,2): Camp-stool Fresco, long-robed priests and beneficent genii [...] (London, 1935)

TRANSLATION BACK OF THRONE INTO WOODWORK 9I,

Fig. 893. Woodwork Reconstruction of Throne.
good examples of these in relief combine to

The genesis of the Carbon-
gypsum throne from wood- ;.^ains
work was itself so obvious ofwP°den

ti . •. i , , -, throne in

that it seemed worth while Ante-
to retranslate it into its room"
original material. A copy
of this work as executed
by an Oxford wood-carver
is given in Fig. 893. Since,
moreover, the heap of
charred remains between
the benches on the North
wall of the Ante-room, and
answering" in position to
that of the Gypsum Throne
in the inner Chamber, had
evidently belonged to a seat
of honour there, it has been
thought legitimate to re-
place it with the wooden
replica.

Painted Representations

of Altar-bases on either

Side of the Throne.

On the lower part of
the wall on either side of
the Throne—inserted into
the imitation marble dado—
were incurved objects, Fig.
894-, which must certainly
be regarded as conven-
tionalized representations
of the well-known Minoan
type of altar-base with in-
curving sides.1 A pair ot
support the baetylic column,

Repre-
sentations
of

incurved
altar-
bases.

For the history

of this altar form see 1\ of M.\ ii, Pt. II, pp. 607

608,