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https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.1066#0067
THE SITES: KNOSSOS
Gothic, adorned with bud-like crockets." On
either side of it are gypsum benches for the
councillors, and another, between columns of
cypress, opposite the throne, probably accommo-
dated legates or petitioners. Persons interested
in seeing and hearing the proceedings could
stand within the shady portico that gives entrance
from the Central Court to the Throne Room.
East of the North Gate were the stables and
across the Court from the Throne Room stood a
hall, possibly for the entertainment of strangers,
and the industrial quarters (E) of the palace,
occupying the north-east corner of the vast build-
ing. Here lived the colonies of artisans who were
constantly employed in embellishing the edifice
and in satisfying the needs of its many inhabitants.
Rustic pottery of a conservative type was manu-
factured for this working population—high-shoul-
dered jars with short necks and blunt spouts,
meagrely decorated, often by merely splashing
paint on the shoulder and allowing it to trickle
down the sides in fantastic lines. Typical examples
of this decoration are two huge jars whicli remain
in situ within the north-east precincts of the palace,
in connection with an elaborate system for the
refining of oil. No doubt the olives were pressed
in the groves, but the crude oil was brought to
be washed and stored by the palace servants, who
used for the purpose vats and troughs which
have survived the centuries. One of the jars
stands nearly 7 feet high with a girth of 15 feet.
Evidently it ranked as an achievement, for in
addition to the painted trickle ornament and an
over-generous supply of handles, it has a moulded
Gothic, adorned with bud-like crockets." On
either side of it are gypsum benches for the
councillors, and another, between columns of
cypress, opposite the throne, probably accommo-
dated legates or petitioners. Persons interested
in seeing and hearing the proceedings could
stand within the shady portico that gives entrance
from the Central Court to the Throne Room.
East of the North Gate were the stables and
across the Court from the Throne Room stood a
hall, possibly for the entertainment of strangers,
and the industrial quarters (E) of the palace,
occupying the north-east corner of the vast build-
ing. Here lived the colonies of artisans who were
constantly employed in embellishing the edifice
and in satisfying the needs of its many inhabitants.
Rustic pottery of a conservative type was manu-
factured for this working population—high-shoul-
dered jars with short necks and blunt spouts,
meagrely decorated, often by merely splashing
paint on the shoulder and allowing it to trickle
down the sides in fantastic lines. Typical examples
of this decoration are two huge jars whicli remain
in situ within the north-east precincts of the palace,
in connection with an elaborate system for the
refining of oil. No doubt the olives were pressed
in the groves, but the crude oil was brought to
be washed and stored by the palace servants, who
used for the purpose vats and troughs which
have survived the centuries. One of the jars
stands nearly 7 feet high with a girth of 15 feet.
Evidently it ranked as an achievement, for in
addition to the painted trickle ornament and an
over-generous supply of handles, it has a moulded