. The palace of Minos : a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustrated by the discoveries at Knossos . rds decoratedwith flowers showing the same pointed petals occur at Phylakopi ^ amongthe last imported remains of this Period.^ The evidence from Kahun received a remarkable corroboration inProfessor Garstangs discovery of the remains of one of the familiar bridge- ^ J. L. Myres, op. cit., PI. IV, 27.^ Phylakopi, p. 149, Fig. 126. They are thus placed by Dr. Mackenzie. 268 THE PALACE OF MINOS, ETC. Evidenceof AbydosTomb,contain-ing M.
. The palace of Minos : a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustrated by the discoveries at Knossos . rds decoratedwith flowers showing the same pointed petals occur at Phylakopi ^ amongthe last imported remains of this Period.^ The evidence from Kahun received a remarkable corroboration inProfessor Garstangs discovery of the remains of one of the familiar bridge- ^ J. L. Myres, op. cit., PI. IV, 27.^ Phylakopi, p. 149, Fig. 126. They are thus placed by Dr. Mackenzie. 268 THE PALACE OF MINOS, ETC. Evidenceof AbydosTomb,contain-ing M. spouted Minoan vases of this class in a virgin tomb at Abydos/ accompaniedby glazed steatite cylinders bearing the names of Sesostris (Senusert) III andAmenemhat III, the latter of whom, according to Meyers chronology, reignedfrom about 1849 to 1801 ^ A view of this vase is given in Fig. 199, a, and it is also shown in com-pany with other relics found in this tomb in Suppl. PI, IV. The formand dimensions of the vessel agree with typical hole-mouthed and bridge-spouted vases of the M. M. II class. The same correspondence, a b d e Fig. 199. Abydos Vase (to l.) compared with other M. M. \\b Polychrome Types. (^ (t.) is seen in every detail of the decoration. The beam end bands withalternating disks of red and white and the stellate flowers recur on a seriesof polychrome vessels from the M. M. II Palace floors of Knossos andPhaestos. The segmental medallions resemble the type given in Fig. 194, habove, which itself represents the persistence of an inlay pattern that alreadyappears in E. M. III.^ The vase is shown in its original form as restoredfrom the existing fragments.* For comparison there is placed with it inFig. 199, e, a M. M. II polychrome vase from Knossos of the same hole- ^ J. Garstang, Note on a Vase of MinoanFabric from Abydos {Univ. Liverpool Annalsof Archaeology, &c., 1913, p. 107 seqq.): Thecontents of the tomb were noticeably free fromintr
Size: 2718px × 920px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1920, bookpublisherlondo, bookyear1921
