. The palace of Minos : a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustrated by the discoveries at Knossos . o distinct strata were there brought to light separated by a floorof white beaten clay.^ In the lower of these, answering to the M. M. \\\astage, were plain clay cups with the typical profiles shown in Fig. 432, a. a, a:In the upper layer extending to 70 centimetres beneath the pavementthe cups were decidedly lower and broader in their proportions (Fig. 432 bfi);closely approaching indeed the L. M. I Class. See Fig. .431 a, b, and below, p. 613
. The palace of Minos : a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustrated by the discoveries at Knossos . o distinct strata were there brought to light separated by a floorof white beaten clay.^ In the lower of these, answering to the M. M. \\\astage, were plain clay cups with the typical profiles shown in Fig. 432, a. a, a:In the upper layer extending to 70 centimetres beneath the pavementthe cups were decidedly lower and broader in their proportions (Fig. 432 bfi);closely approaching indeed the L. M. I Class. See Fig. .431 a, b, and below, p. 613 seqq., their greater diameter 9-3 to 8 cm. Figs. 450-2. ^ See above, p. 366, note 2. < The height of the cups {b, b) was from The height of the cups of the earher to 4-5 cm., their greatest breadth 11-5 to stratum (a, a, a) varied from about 6-5 to 5-8 cm,, 10 cm. Ill: THE PALACE POTTERY STORES 5S9 Very characteristic of the cups of this Period are the spiral convo- Spirallutions visible in the interior. This feature also marks in a special degree donJofcertain flat circular bowls (Fig. 433) of which numerous specimens were Cups and.
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