. The palace of Minos : a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustrated by the discoveries at Knossos . III. region, otherwise much isolated from the rest of the building, described onthe Diagrammatic Plan, Fig. 152 above, as the North-East Insula. TheRoyal Pottery Stores, indeed, that were situated on the upper level of thismust have stood in constant need of some convenient access from theoutside world, if only for the carrying in of the needful supplies of fine Entrance passage itself by which these passed was probably flankedby some k
. The palace of Minos : a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustrated by the discoveries at Knossos . III. region, otherwise much isolated from the rest of the building, described onthe Diagrammatic Plan, Fig. 152 above, as the North-East Insula. TheRoyal Pottery Stores, indeed, that were situated on the upper level of thismust have stood in constant need of some convenient access from theoutside world, if only for the carrying in of the needful supplies of fine Entrance passage itself by which these passed was probably flankedby some kind of guard-room. The main passage that leads South from the North-East Entrance andwhich served the Northern Quarter with which we are now dealing, aftera course of about a dozen metres, turns Eastward at right angles up a flight 392 THE PALACE OF MINOS, ETC. of steps (see Fig. 283).^ A smaller flight, however, continued South, thus giving direct access to the North-East Magazines of the contiguous area. The W. wall of the entrance Gallery consists of fine limestone masonry, the inner section of which slightly projects in front of the Fig. 283. View of Entrance looking S. Steps to left leading to Main Corridor ofN. Quarter ; Smaller Steps to right heading for Magazines on Terrace above. Both in this feature and the character of the blocks this wall closelyresembles those of the Bastions of the Northern Entrance Passage be-longing to the early part of M. M. Ill, but in this case the blocks showedno incised signs. Most of the wall on the left of the entrance passage, whichwas of the same fine construction as that opposite, has been torn away The steps of this flight, of which four were preserved, are i5o metres wide, 15 cm. high,and 50 cm. deep. M. M. Ill : NORTH QUARTER AND ENTRANCE 393 by later builders : this, however, allows parts of the lower steps of the Eastern flight to be clearly seen. The Entrance debouched externally on a gangway turning West,
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