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THE VAULTED TOMBS OF MESARA
porti the Knossian tomb,1 besides a group of about fifty in the megaron of
clay objects Nh'OS.2
We may suppose that these tables had some place in the rites performed
at a funeral, and that afterwards they were sometimes put or left in the tomb.
stone objects B. stone objects.
The objects in stone from all parts of the cemetery put together were
about fifty, fewer than those in clay.
(a) Palettes.
Palettes 1038-1041 (Plate XXXVIII). These four were found in the tholos. They
are of white limestone, and of the usual oblong shape, with a flat upper surface
and the familiar grooved border. The under surface is curved, either much
or little. 1040 is exceptional in having the upper surface curved as well. The
respective lengths are -195 m., -16 m., -165 m., and -19 m. ; and the breadths
•135 m., -145 m., -13 m., and -14 m.
Hollows caused by rubbing are just visible on 1038 and 1041.3
(b) Stone Vases.
Stone Vases (1) Eleven bowls with stick handles projecting horizontally from the rim
and curving downwards at the end (Plate XXXVIII). 1061 and 1048 (diameters
•14 m. and -095 m.) are the only two large enough for any practical use; the
rest being a toy size. Some are remarkable for the elegance of their shape
and their careful workmanship; 1049, for instance, which has besides the
handle three elongated lugs at the brim. 1050 (diameter -02 m.) is the smallest
of all, with a little horizontal spout.
(2) The other bowls in Plate XXXVIII differ in having no handles, though
two of them have long-shaped horizontal lugs at the brim ; 1052 has four, and
1063 two.
1083. This is of bluish steatite with white streaks, and is by far the largest.
Height -05 m., diameter -14 m. Two, 1080 and 1084, have a projecting trough
spout with a lug opposite to it.
1342. This is very small and shallow, and has an incised ornament of
triangles and spiked loops within horizontal lines, but the half is missing.
Diameter -065 m.
1051. This is of bluish steatite, has a small projecting disc at the base,
and round the rim a band of sixteen incised triangles, five cross-hatched.
(3) 1033 and 1062 (Plate XXXIX a). These are cylindrical ' tumblers'
without handles, of light grey steatite. 1062 was found in trench y, 1033 in
the earth belonging to the small interments. Their respective heights are
•05 m. and -07 m.; and diameters '055 m. and -075 m.
1 Evans, Prehistoric Tombs, Plate LXXXIX a. 3 See p. 1C above for a discussion of these
2 These are being published in the 'Efaj/ieph palettes.
THE VAULTED TOMBS OF MESARA
porti the Knossian tomb,1 besides a group of about fifty in the megaron of
clay objects Nh'OS.2
We may suppose that these tables had some place in the rites performed
at a funeral, and that afterwards they were sometimes put or left in the tomb.
stone objects B. stone objects.
The objects in stone from all parts of the cemetery put together were
about fifty, fewer than those in clay.
(a) Palettes.
Palettes 1038-1041 (Plate XXXVIII). These four were found in the tholos. They
are of white limestone, and of the usual oblong shape, with a flat upper surface
and the familiar grooved border. The under surface is curved, either much
or little. 1040 is exceptional in having the upper surface curved as well. The
respective lengths are -195 m., -16 m., -165 m., and -19 m. ; and the breadths
•135 m., -145 m., -13 m., and -14 m.
Hollows caused by rubbing are just visible on 1038 and 1041.3
(b) Stone Vases.
Stone Vases (1) Eleven bowls with stick handles projecting horizontally from the rim
and curving downwards at the end (Plate XXXVIII). 1061 and 1048 (diameters
•14 m. and -095 m.) are the only two large enough for any practical use; the
rest being a toy size. Some are remarkable for the elegance of their shape
and their careful workmanship; 1049, for instance, which has besides the
handle three elongated lugs at the brim. 1050 (diameter -02 m.) is the smallest
of all, with a little horizontal spout.
(2) The other bowls in Plate XXXVIII differ in having no handles, though
two of them have long-shaped horizontal lugs at the brim ; 1052 has four, and
1063 two.
1083. This is of bluish steatite with white streaks, and is by far the largest.
Height -05 m., diameter -14 m. Two, 1080 and 1084, have a projecting trough
spout with a lug opposite to it.
1342. This is very small and shallow, and has an incised ornament of
triangles and spiked loops within horizontal lines, but the half is missing.
Diameter -065 m.
1051. This is of bluish steatite, has a small projecting disc at the base,
and round the rim a band of sixteen incised triangles, five cross-hatched.
(3) 1033 and 1062 (Plate XXXIX a). These are cylindrical ' tumblers'
without handles, of light grey steatite. 1062 was found in trench y, 1033 in
the earth belonging to the small interments. Their respective heights are
•05 m. and -07 m.; and diameters '055 m. and -075 m.
1 Evans, Prehistoric Tombs, Plate LXXXIX a. 3 See p. 1C above for a discussion of these
2 These are being published in the 'Efaj/ieph palettes.