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CLAY OIL-bLASKS FROM LUSTRAL BASINS
Flat
alabastra
in course
of filling,
Ladles
for ex-
tracting
oil.
summary expedient of dipping them into open superficial oil-vats of tl
Magazines or by ladling oil
out of the ' alabastra', that
formed intermediate recep-
tacles of the liquid used.
Of the large flat ala-
baster vases, universally be-
lieved to have held the oil
used for anointing, there
was at any rate no dearth
in the area round. The
narrow passage, later blocked
at its Southern end, between
the West wall of the Lustral
Basin and that beyond, was
used as a place ot storage
for these vessels, one of which
was found in situ just to left
of the entrance here to the
'Inner Shrine', while, be-
yond this, marks were visible
on the pavement where five more had habitually stood (see Plan, Fig. S77).
These five had, in fact, been transferred to the floor of the room near its
entrance opening, for the purpose of refilling.
Three of these are reproduced in Fig. 910 ; their general appearance,
as seen from above, recalling the huge unfinished 'amphora' from the
'Sculptor's Workshop'.1 Here we see smaller, lidded orifices, while, on
the shoulders, perforated shield-like bosses take the place of handles. Clay
prototypes of these squat alabastra—descendants of a baggy Egyptian
MiddleEmpire type—in that case handle-less—are already found with regular
handles in the later stage of L. M. I.2 The decoration in the case of the
present examples was exceptionally well executed—the foliate borders ol
the larger specimen in Fig. 910 recalling the best work of the ' Palace Style
vase-painters3 and the fine bronze basins that preceded them.'1
For the extraction of the oil from these vessels (so formed that pour;
Clay Oil-fi.ask from
(S. House). (§)
Lustral Basin'
1 See above, pp. S9S, 899, Figs. 875 a, b.
"- See for instance above, p. 272, Fig. 202.
The curious specimen from Sedment, p. 268,
Fig. 108 a, b above, also represents an ante-
cedent stage of this alabastron type.
3 Compare, for instance, P. of M-, Uj !
pp 639, 640, Figs. 403, 406.
A See/W^.,ii.Pt.II,p.639JFigs.403]404.
CLAY OIL-bLASKS FROM LUSTRAL BASINS
Flat
alabastra
in course
of filling,
Ladles
for ex-
tracting
oil.
summary expedient of dipping them into open superficial oil-vats of tl
Magazines or by ladling oil
out of the ' alabastra', that
formed intermediate recep-
tacles of the liquid used.
Of the large flat ala-
baster vases, universally be-
lieved to have held the oil
used for anointing, there
was at any rate no dearth
in the area round. The
narrow passage, later blocked
at its Southern end, between
the West wall of the Lustral
Basin and that beyond, was
used as a place ot storage
for these vessels, one of which
was found in situ just to left
of the entrance here to the
'Inner Shrine', while, be-
yond this, marks were visible
on the pavement where five more had habitually stood (see Plan, Fig. S77).
These five had, in fact, been transferred to the floor of the room near its
entrance opening, for the purpose of refilling.
Three of these are reproduced in Fig. 910 ; their general appearance,
as seen from above, recalling the huge unfinished 'amphora' from the
'Sculptor's Workshop'.1 Here we see smaller, lidded orifices, while, on
the shoulders, perforated shield-like bosses take the place of handles. Clay
prototypes of these squat alabastra—descendants of a baggy Egyptian
MiddleEmpire type—in that case handle-less—are already found with regular
handles in the later stage of L. M. I.2 The decoration in the case of the
present examples was exceptionally well executed—the foliate borders ol
the larger specimen in Fig. 910 recalling the best work of the ' Palace Style
vase-painters3 and the fine bronze basins that preceded them.'1
For the extraction of the oil from these vessels (so formed that pour;
Clay Oil-fi.ask from
(S. House). (§)
Lustral Basin'
1 See above, pp. S9S, 899, Figs. 875 a, b.
"- See for instance above, p. 272, Fig. 202.
The curious specimen from Sedment, p. 268,
Fig. 108 a, b above, also represents an ante-
cedent stage of this alabastron type.
3 Compare, for instance, P. of M-, Uj !
pp 639, 640, Figs. 403, 406.
A See/W^.,ii.Pt.II,p.639JFigs.403]404.