. The palace of Minos : a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustrated by the discoveries at Knossos . ). VI 2 alabaster (ht. 12 cm.,diam. 10-5). VI 3 grey and white 2 dark grey steatite (ht. 9 cm., diam. 5)XXI 3 grey and white veined marble. Xapparently serpentine. ^ Seager, op. Fig. 7, II d., and PL II, II 4-5 cm., diam. 6-4 cm. With the ex-ception of one clay jug {lib) the contentsof this tomb seem to be of the E. M. IIPeriod. Reactionof ClayForms. 92 THE PALACE OF MINOS, ETC. vertical instead of horizontal. A dark grey
. The palace of Minos : a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustrated by the discoveries at Knossos . ). VI 2 alabaster (ht. 12 cm.,diam. 10-5). VI 3 grey and white 2 dark grey steatite (ht. 9 cm., diam. 5)XXI 3 grey and white veined marble. Xapparently serpentine. ^ Seager, op. Fig. 7, II d., and PL II, II 4-5 cm., diam. 6-4 cm. With the ex-ception of one clay jug {lib) the contentsof this tomb seem to be of the E. M. IIPeriod. Reactionof ClayForms. 92 THE PALACE OF MINOS, ETC. vertical instead of horizontal. A dark grey steatite pot (Fig. ^ 59), alsofrom Tomb II at Mochlos/ shows an analogous form, but its ledgehandles are not perforated. Except that in the Egyptian case the ledgehandles are perforated horizontally, this pot is obviously a derivative of aclass already numerously represented in the early cemeteries, like Naqadaand Hierakonpolis belonging to a Pre-dynastic medium and illustrated by theexample shown. Fig. 35 above.^ The deviations from Egyptian models and the purely original typesamong the Cretan stone vases must be regarded as largely due to the. Fig. 60. Marble Vessel, MOCHLOS (f). Fig: 61. Sixth Dynasty Egyptian-Vases {^/:.)? influence of indigenous clay vessels. The vertical instead of horizontalperforation of the ledge handles above noticed is an example-of this. The-perforation in the edge of certain bowls (cf. Fig., 57, a), in order to beable to fasten the lid, is another instance. A breccia copy^ occurred ofthe characteristic cap-like cover common to Crete, the Cyclades, andthe Troad at the beginning of the Early Minoan Age.* So, too,a marble replica was found of the clay bowls with the prominent spout{Fig. 58, VI i).« It seems reasonable to assume that in such cases as those cited above Seager, . ay., Fig. 46, XXI. 6). See above, p. 61, Fig. O/. cif., PL V, VI I, p. 52, Fig. 22. EARLY MINOAN II 93 where early Egyptian forms of stone vases were reproduced in a modif
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