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EXPLORATIONS IN MOCHLOS 37
II. 51 (figs. 31, 45). Long, slender, bronze knife blade with a
raised midrib and a design like a Maltese cross near the point of
attachment to hilt (length 20.5 cm.). This knife blade was found
at the disturbed south end of the tomb in the M. M. Ill level (see
p. 23).
II. 52 (fig. 45). Broad, heavy, bronze knife blade (length 20.3
cm.). This was found close to the surface of the soil and, from
its shape, would appear to belong to the L. M. I period.
II. 53 (fig. 13). Stone color table (length 21 cm., width 16 cm.,
height 5.5 cm.). This was found in the soil just outside the south
end of the tomb.
Tomb III
Tomb III is a large rectangular enclosure built against the face of
the cliff on the north side of Tomb I (see Pig. 3). The outer or west
wall measures 6 m. in length; the width varies from 3 m. at the south
to 1.70 m. at the north end owing to the outward slope of the cliff
at the back. The size of the room, which shows no sign of a partition
wall, two entrances and the absence of bones make it possible that it
never was a tomb proper but merely a building connected with
funeral rites of some sort. Whatever objects may have been placed
there in Early Minoan times, it had been so thoroughly overhauled
in the M. M. I and III periods that little remained belonging to the
early deposit. The soil, owing to the slope of the ledge, was very
shallow, so that the contents of the chamber could be reached with-
out much labor, whereas in Tombs I and II the depth of earth suc-
cessfully deceived the robbers of later periods.
The natural rock of the floor slopes upward from south to north,
and in the deepest southeast corner were found a few bits of gold
foil and other objects which evidently belonged to either the E. M. II
or the E. M. Ill period. These are probably the remains of an E. M.
burial, as the metal work is of the same character as that found in
Tomb II, but, as has been said, the chamber was so disturbed in the
Middle Minoan period that little can be stated with certainty. In
the M. M. I tombs on the main slope very little gold was found, and
precious metal in the Mochlos tombs usually dates from the period
of greatest prosperity, which is undoubtedly the Early Minoan.
It is not easy to understand the presence of M. M. I and M. M.
Ill objects in and near these big chamber tombs, as they are seldom
associated with human remains. They might be taken as evidence
II. 51 (figs. 31, 45). Long, slender, bronze knife blade with a
raised midrib and a design like a Maltese cross near the point of
attachment to hilt (length 20.5 cm.). This knife blade was found
at the disturbed south end of the tomb in the M. M. Ill level (see
p. 23).
II. 52 (fig. 45). Broad, heavy, bronze knife blade (length 20.3
cm.). This was found close to the surface of the soil and, from
its shape, would appear to belong to the L. M. I period.
II. 53 (fig. 13). Stone color table (length 21 cm., width 16 cm.,
height 5.5 cm.). This was found in the soil just outside the south
end of the tomb.
Tomb III
Tomb III is a large rectangular enclosure built against the face of
the cliff on the north side of Tomb I (see Pig. 3). The outer or west
wall measures 6 m. in length; the width varies from 3 m. at the south
to 1.70 m. at the north end owing to the outward slope of the cliff
at the back. The size of the room, which shows no sign of a partition
wall, two entrances and the absence of bones make it possible that it
never was a tomb proper but merely a building connected with
funeral rites of some sort. Whatever objects may have been placed
there in Early Minoan times, it had been so thoroughly overhauled
in the M. M. I and III periods that little remained belonging to the
early deposit. The soil, owing to the slope of the ledge, was very
shallow, so that the contents of the chamber could be reached with-
out much labor, whereas in Tombs I and II the depth of earth suc-
cessfully deceived the robbers of later periods.
The natural rock of the floor slopes upward from south to north,
and in the deepest southeast corner were found a few bits of gold
foil and other objects which evidently belonged to either the E. M. II
or the E. M. Ill period. These are probably the remains of an E. M.
burial, as the metal work is of the same character as that found in
Tomb II, but, as has been said, the chamber was so disturbed in the
Middle Minoan period that little can be stated with certainty. In
the M. M. I tombs on the main slope very little gold was found, and
precious metal in the Mochlos tombs usually dates from the period
of greatest prosperity, which is undoubtedly the Early Minoan.
It is not easy to understand the presence of M. M. I and M. M.
Ill objects in and near these big chamber tombs, as they are seldom
associated with human remains. They might be taken as evidence