. The palace of Minos : a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustrated by the discoveries at Knossos . ofgold foil. In this deposit, from the surface downwards to a depth ofI-lo metres, there lay closely packed^ together a quantity of clay vessels,which, with the exception of a series of imported Melian bi^d-ya«esto be described below;^ were almost exclusively two-handled amphoras andpitchers, with a dark purple-brown ground, mostly with broad white spiraland simple vegetable decoration answering to the latest M. M. Ill style, asillustrated by th

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. The palace of Minos : a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustrated by the discoveries at Knossos . ofgold foil. In this deposit, from the surface downwards to a depth ofI-lo metres, there lay closely packed^ together a quantity of clay vessels,which, with the exception of a series of imported Melian bi^d-ya«esto be described below;^ were almost exclusively two-handled amphoras andpitchers, with a dark purple-brown ground, mostly with broad white spiraland simple vegetable decoration answering to the latest M. M. Ill style, asillustrated by the Magazine of the Lily Jars^ and other contemporarydeposits. A few, however, were in a late polychrome style. A fulleraccount of these is reserved for succeeding Sections dealing with the potteryof this Period.* See p. 559 p. 578. =* See Coloured Plate VII. * See p. 552 seqq., and Fig. 404. Ill: THE TEMPLE REPOSITORIES 467 From I-10 metres down a change took place in the character of the Precious Relics deposit. The pottery ceased and the earth grew fatter and more compact, bgiow. M////yy//JA L . CORN^ft SUAE^ OF FLOOR paving 1 I. ENTRANCETO ROOM I I I I I I I I I I r —T— PLAN Fig. 335 a. of Temple Repositories. MT;

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