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56 ANTHROPOLOGICAL PUB. UNIV. OF PA. MUSEUM, VOL. III.
A GROUP OF MIDDLE MINOAN I VASES
Before describing the later pithos-burials, mention should
be made of a group of Middle Minoan I vases which could not be
assigned either to these later burials in jars or to the older
Early Minoan interments. They lay for the most part along the
northern confines of the early deposit A in an area marked F on
plan, where the two types of burial—the earlier in graves and the
later in jars—were mixed. Some specimens in the following
list lay close to Early Minoan vases; other were adjacent to
pithos-burials. Now we shall soon see that a few of the earliest
burials in jars are to be assigned to the Middle Minoan I period.
It is thus possible that these Middle Minoan I cups and jugs
were buried along with the pithoi containing the dead. But it
is equally possible that these vases had been interred in graves,
for pottery of the Middle Minoan I period was found in cist
graves on Pseira, adjacent to burials in jars.
These Middle Minoan I vases are as follows:
1. Two-handled side-spouted cup of hand-polished buff
clay (Fig. 28, d). The similarity of this ware to the buff hand-
polished ware of the Early Minoan II period has been pointed
out by Mr. Seager.1 Only by the shape may these undecorated
wares of the two periods be distinguished. This vase was found
close to the red and black jug of Fig. 21 and also to the Middle
Minoan I jar of Fig. 31.
2. Squat vase with two small side-handles and large side-
spout (Fig. 28,/). Traces of circles of red paint are visible on
the shoulder, and lines of the same on the neck. For this
reason the vase is assigned to the Middle Minoan I period; on
other grounds it might well be called Early Minoan II. This
vase was from a mixed deposit containing both red and black
egg-cups and Middle Minoan I cups and jugs.
3. Painted bowl with central ornament in the form of a
flower. (Fig. 29.) The body-paint varies from brown to black.
1 See Explorations in the Island of Mochlos, p. 8.
A GROUP OF MIDDLE MINOAN I VASES
Before describing the later pithos-burials, mention should
be made of a group of Middle Minoan I vases which could not be
assigned either to these later burials in jars or to the older
Early Minoan interments. They lay for the most part along the
northern confines of the early deposit A in an area marked F on
plan, where the two types of burial—the earlier in graves and the
later in jars—were mixed. Some specimens in the following
list lay close to Early Minoan vases; other were adjacent to
pithos-burials. Now we shall soon see that a few of the earliest
burials in jars are to be assigned to the Middle Minoan I period.
It is thus possible that these Middle Minoan I cups and jugs
were buried along with the pithoi containing the dead. But it
is equally possible that these vases had been interred in graves,
for pottery of the Middle Minoan I period was found in cist
graves on Pseira, adjacent to burials in jars.
These Middle Minoan I vases are as follows:
1. Two-handled side-spouted cup of hand-polished buff
clay (Fig. 28, d). The similarity of this ware to the buff hand-
polished ware of the Early Minoan II period has been pointed
out by Mr. Seager.1 Only by the shape may these undecorated
wares of the two periods be distinguished. This vase was found
close to the red and black jug of Fig. 21 and also to the Middle
Minoan I jar of Fig. 31.
2. Squat vase with two small side-handles and large side-
spout (Fig. 28,/). Traces of circles of red paint are visible on
the shoulder, and lines of the same on the neck. For this
reason the vase is assigned to the Middle Minoan I period; on
other grounds it might well be called Early Minoan II. This
vase was from a mixed deposit containing both red and black
egg-cups and Middle Minoan I cups and jugs.
3. Painted bowl with central ornament in the form of a
flower. (Fig. 29.) The body-paint varies from brown to black.
1 See Explorations in the Island of Mochlos, p. 8.