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PLATANOS
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on top is a high arched handle, and a spout (broken off) rose from the shoulder the
at an angle. There are traces of decoration in red. Height -08 m. The vase cemetery
might be called the prototype of the Biigdkanne, which made its appearance CLAY0BJECris
much later.
6884. Tholos B. This is a small scent bottle (?) of fine pure clay. The Scent Bottle (?)
upper half had a red wash now mostly faded. A very lively imagination can
believe the shape to be intended for that of a bird or perhaps a hedgehog.
Length -09 m.
6893. Tholos B. A lamp with one handle (broken), an almost hemi- Lamps
spherical belly, and a projecting trough as a nozzle for the wick. It shows
marks of use. This shape, which we met at Koumasa (4170, 4171, p. 14,
Plate XX), is not the usual Minoan lamp form of which we have many examples
from Mesara. There is no decoration. Height -06 m., diameter -09 m.
6905. Hollow 4, south of Tholos A. A small lamp with two nozzles on
a high cylindrical foot. The clay is gritty, and there is no decoration. Height
and diameter -07 m.
6901-6903. Trench §. Three solid phallus-shaped objects found with PhaUi
many broken specimens. Height -17 m. to -18 m., diameter at base -06 m. to
•07 m. The clay is crude, or at most very little baked, and they have no
decoration.1
10. Polychrome Vases. (Plate IX.)
Five small polychrome vases were found in good condition. The two at Polychrome
the lower corners of Plate IX came from the southern store-chamber of Tholos A,
the rest from Tholos B.
6860. This is a miniature amphora, hand-made, of heavy clay, broadening
out at the shoulder from which rise an elliptical almost boat-shaped neck and
two small horizontal handles. The ground is red, and the design consists of
white bands below the handles, between the upper two of which is a series of
maggot-like S's, and of a row of discs round the neck. Height -07 m. It is the
early polychrome ware of M.M. I.
6862. A straight-sided conical tumbler of fine clay with thin walls. There
is a bright red wash inside and out. The outer surface is divided into squares
by horizontal and perpendicular lines in white. Each square bears one of
three ornaments—a solid white disc, a solid disc of deep red, or a disc of white
dots. These are arranged so that both vertically and horizontally there are
alternating rows of white dots and white discs, and white dots and red discs,
making the diagonals alternate between white dots and alternating red and
white discs.
This vase is made on the wheel, of which the marks are very plain on the
outside, while marks of the cutting string show on the base. Height -075 m.,
diameter at rim -08 m.
1 Cf. examples from Koumasa, 4300-4302, p. 41, Plate XXIX a.
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Vases
97
on top is a high arched handle, and a spout (broken off) rose from the shoulder the
at an angle. There are traces of decoration in red. Height -08 m. The vase cemetery
might be called the prototype of the Biigdkanne, which made its appearance CLAY0BJECris
much later.
6884. Tholos B. This is a small scent bottle (?) of fine pure clay. The Scent Bottle (?)
upper half had a red wash now mostly faded. A very lively imagination can
believe the shape to be intended for that of a bird or perhaps a hedgehog.
Length -09 m.
6893. Tholos B. A lamp with one handle (broken), an almost hemi- Lamps
spherical belly, and a projecting trough as a nozzle for the wick. It shows
marks of use. This shape, which we met at Koumasa (4170, 4171, p. 14,
Plate XX), is not the usual Minoan lamp form of which we have many examples
from Mesara. There is no decoration. Height -06 m., diameter -09 m.
6905. Hollow 4, south of Tholos A. A small lamp with two nozzles on
a high cylindrical foot. The clay is gritty, and there is no decoration. Height
and diameter -07 m.
6901-6903. Trench §. Three solid phallus-shaped objects found with PhaUi
many broken specimens. Height -17 m. to -18 m., diameter at base -06 m. to
•07 m. The clay is crude, or at most very little baked, and they have no
decoration.1
10. Polychrome Vases. (Plate IX.)
Five small polychrome vases were found in good condition. The two at Polychrome
the lower corners of Plate IX came from the southern store-chamber of Tholos A,
the rest from Tholos B.
6860. This is a miniature amphora, hand-made, of heavy clay, broadening
out at the shoulder from which rise an elliptical almost boat-shaped neck and
two small horizontal handles. The ground is red, and the design consists of
white bands below the handles, between the upper two of which is a series of
maggot-like S's, and of a row of discs round the neck. Height -07 m. It is the
early polychrome ware of M.M. I.
6862. A straight-sided conical tumbler of fine clay with thin walls. There
is a bright red wash inside and out. The outer surface is divided into squares
by horizontal and perpendicular lines in white. Each square bears one of
three ornaments—a solid white disc, a solid disc of deep red, or a disc of white
dots. These are arranged so that both vertically and horizontally there are
alternating rows of white dots and white discs, and white dots and red discs,
making the diagonals alternate between white dots and alternating red and
white discs.
This vase is made on the wheel, of which the marks are very plain on the
outside, while marks of the cutting string show on the base. Height -075 m.,
diameter at rim -08 m.
1 Cf. examples from Koumasa, 4300-4302, p. 41, Plate XXIX a.
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