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244 THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF CRETE
both of them L.M.i-ii designs, is a scrappy band of closely
painted chevrons. From the same site comes a squat-beaked
jug with a double row of S's round the shoulder and a large
lozenge pattern, formed of two rows of chevrons on the body.
Very nearly contemporary with these must be the contents
of a pithos burial near Gournia.1 An early feature here is the
quatrefoils between the ' adder mark ' band round a jug.
The ' adder mark ' itself has, however, already almost become
stylized into chevrons. The care with which the drop pendants
are painted and the fact that the outer band of the spirals is
still the thickest combine to put this group at the very beginning
of L.M.ili. Another criterion of the transitional style which
seems to hold good, is the junction of the handles of jugs with
the rim. In mature L.M.ina the handle is set slightly lower
on the neck.2
Good deposits of early L.M.ma pottery were found in the
bathroom of block J1 at Palaikastro,3 in some of the larnax
burials from the same site,4 in a larnax burial near Gournia,5
in the Temple Tomb at Knossos,6 in chamber tombs at
Kalyvia.7
A few new shapes appear. The tall alabastron, still imitating
the Egyptian examples,8 has a rather longer neck.9 The
smaller varieties of jugs have often a round mouth instead of
a beak and, as said above, the handle is set lower.10 The
open-mouthed crater has come into fashion11 (PI. XL, 3).
Practically every variety of stirrup vase is made. A transitional
example from Grave 1 at Zapher Papoura narrows down to the
foot.12 From the reoccupied parts of Gournia come an almost
globular type, with a foot ranging from a mere ring to what is
practically a pedestal, a type where the shoulder is almost flat,
making a sharp angle with the lower part of the body and a
well-rounded squat type with a ring base.13 It is noteworthy
that the decoration tends to be confined to the shoulder and
rarely, as in L.M.n, covers much of the body of the vase. The
pilgrim bottles, of which few examples have been found, are
probably imported, as may be the stemmed kylix with one handle
1 Gournia, PI. X, 13-26. 2 B.S.A., Stip., 79. 3 Ibid., 84.
4 Ibid., 79. 5 Gournia, PI. X, 27-43.
6 P. of M., IV, 1016. 7 Mon. Ant., XIV, 560.
8 See above, pp. 202 and 222.
9 Mon. Ant., XIV, 568. B.S.A., Sup., 79.
10 Ibid. 11 e.g. P. of M., IV, 1017. 12 P.T.K., 22.
13 Gournia, PI. X.
both of them L.M.i-ii designs, is a scrappy band of closely
painted chevrons. From the same site comes a squat-beaked
jug with a double row of S's round the shoulder and a large
lozenge pattern, formed of two rows of chevrons on the body.
Very nearly contemporary with these must be the contents
of a pithos burial near Gournia.1 An early feature here is the
quatrefoils between the ' adder mark ' band round a jug.
The ' adder mark ' itself has, however, already almost become
stylized into chevrons. The care with which the drop pendants
are painted and the fact that the outer band of the spirals is
still the thickest combine to put this group at the very beginning
of L.M.ili. Another criterion of the transitional style which
seems to hold good, is the junction of the handles of jugs with
the rim. In mature L.M.ina the handle is set slightly lower
on the neck.2
Good deposits of early L.M.ma pottery were found in the
bathroom of block J1 at Palaikastro,3 in some of the larnax
burials from the same site,4 in a larnax burial near Gournia,5
in the Temple Tomb at Knossos,6 in chamber tombs at
Kalyvia.7
A few new shapes appear. The tall alabastron, still imitating
the Egyptian examples,8 has a rather longer neck.9 The
smaller varieties of jugs have often a round mouth instead of
a beak and, as said above, the handle is set lower.10 The
open-mouthed crater has come into fashion11 (PI. XL, 3).
Practically every variety of stirrup vase is made. A transitional
example from Grave 1 at Zapher Papoura narrows down to the
foot.12 From the reoccupied parts of Gournia come an almost
globular type, with a foot ranging from a mere ring to what is
practically a pedestal, a type where the shoulder is almost flat,
making a sharp angle with the lower part of the body and a
well-rounded squat type with a ring base.13 It is noteworthy
that the decoration tends to be confined to the shoulder and
rarely, as in L.M.n, covers much of the body of the vase. The
pilgrim bottles, of which few examples have been found, are
probably imported, as may be the stemmed kylix with one handle
1 Gournia, PI. X, 13-26. 2 B.S.A., Stip., 79. 3 Ibid., 84.
4 Ibid., 79. 5 Gournia, PI. X, 27-43.
6 P. of M., IV, 1016. 7 Mon. Ant., XIV, 560.
8 See above, pp. 202 and 222.
9 Mon. Ant., XIV, 568. B.S.A., Sup., 79.
10 Ibid. 11 e.g. P. of M., IV, 1017. 12 P.T.K., 22.
13 Gournia, PI. X.