The Palace of Knossos : provisional report for the year 1903 / [Arthur J. Evans]. [With] Excavations at Palaikastro. II / [R.C. Bosanquet and others].

  • Evans, Arthur, Sir, 1851-1941.
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1903?]
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Credit: The Palace of Knossos : provisional report for the year 1903 / [Arthur J. Evans]. [With] Excavations at Palaikastro. II / [R.C. Bosanquet and others]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    further end to a room (B) with remains of pavement, the East wall of which was lost owing to the downward slope of the hill. Here at D was found a curious object of painted plaster having six legs and an oval aperture surrounded by a rim.1 This stand or table, which has a ritual aspect, shows a coloured decoration of cream-white rosettes on a dark red ground. In style it seems to represent a surviving tradition of the Middle Socketed Cave. Pillar. Base. Niche in Wall. 'I '14' \|' f t Terracotta Stand. Supposed Window. Fig. 2.—Pillar Room and Exterior South Wall ; South-East House. Minoan ceramic decoration, and its colouHng recalls that of the small terra- cotta Sanctuary.2 A second doorway in the West wall of the room with the plaster stand, leads to a nearly square chamber, the distinguishing feature of which is a 1 It is shown out of its place on the top of the wall of D i, in the view given in Fig. 2. 2 Report, 1902, p. 28, seqq.