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THE DEPENDENCIES OF THE PALACE
PLAN 4
the little palace (passing the house
of the frescoes), plan 5
The House of the Frescoes lies some eighty yards from the
Theatral Area to the left of the ancient road. It is in the south-
east corner of the cutting, and dates from the transition period
M.M. Ill b - L.M. I a, i.e. c. 1600 b.c. The other houses are
earlier (M.M. Ill a, i.e. c. 1750 b.c.). The entrance is in a small
wing which projects north and contained, in addition to the
entrance lobby, a door-keeper's room to the left. From the
lobby are entered two passage rooms to the east, and to the
west a long narrow room which, in its turn, gave on to the
main room of the house in which was found the stack of
frescoes. These thin fragile slabs of painted plaster had been
carefully piled here in layers, and when, with infinite labour,
they had been separated, strengthened, and fitted together they
gave an idea of the brilliance of the decoration of even a small
house. Reproductions of some of them are in the room above
the Throne Room (see page 46). The originals are in the
Museum at Candia. South of the Room of the Frescoes he three
more rooms, in the easternmost of which occurred a number of
vase fragments decorated with designs of double axes.
Leaving the House of the Frescoes, you continue along the
ancient road, passing on your right the depression which marks
the site of the 'Arsenal' which has now been filled in, until you
climb up to the modern road. On the far side of the road, just
north of the village street, a flight of steps leads up the bank and
thence over a small bridge into the Little Palace.
The Little Palace is the second largest building hitherto ex-
cavated at Knossos (Pi. X). It is roughly fifty yards by thirty.
Much of the east side has unfortunately disappeared, including
the actual entrance, but enough remains to show us a most
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PLAN 4
the little palace (passing the house
of the frescoes), plan 5
The House of the Frescoes lies some eighty yards from the
Theatral Area to the left of the ancient road. It is in the south-
east corner of the cutting, and dates from the transition period
M.M. Ill b - L.M. I a, i.e. c. 1600 b.c. The other houses are
earlier (M.M. Ill a, i.e. c. 1750 b.c.). The entrance is in a small
wing which projects north and contained, in addition to the
entrance lobby, a door-keeper's room to the left. From the
lobby are entered two passage rooms to the east, and to the
west a long narrow room which, in its turn, gave on to the
main room of the house in which was found the stack of
frescoes. These thin fragile slabs of painted plaster had been
carefully piled here in layers, and when, with infinite labour,
they had been separated, strengthened, and fitted together they
gave an idea of the brilliance of the decoration of even a small
house. Reproductions of some of them are in the room above
the Throne Room (see page 46). The originals are in the
Museum at Candia. South of the Room of the Frescoes he three
more rooms, in the easternmost of which occurred a number of
vase fragments decorated with designs of double axes.
Leaving the House of the Frescoes, you continue along the
ancient road, passing on your right the depression which marks
the site of the 'Arsenal' which has now been filled in, until you
climb up to the modern road. On the far side of the road, just
north of the village street, a flight of steps leads up the bank and
thence over a small bridge into the Little Palace.
The Little Palace is the second largest building hitherto ex-
cavated at Knossos (Pi. X). It is roughly fifty yards by thirty.
Much of the east side has unfortunately disappeared, including
the actual entrance, but enough remains to show us a most
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