. The palace of Minos : a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustrated by the discoveries at Knossos . a separate piece, showing awell-marked rim line,where it was socketed intothe body. The handles wereriveted on after the insertion ofthe mouth-piece, which theyhelped to fasten on. This wasfurther secured by a rivet onthe side opposite to the fragment- was also found ofa more precious vessel of thistype, executed in liparite, themottled volcanic glass of theAeolian Islands. Below thering round the neck weregrooved running spir
. The palace of Minos : a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustrated by the discoveries at Knossos . a separate piece, showing awell-marked rim line,where it was socketed intothe body. The handles wereriveted on after the insertion ofthe mouth-piece, which theyhelped to fasten on. This wasfurther secured by a rivet onthe side opposite to the fragment- was also found ofa more precious vessel of thistype, executed in liparite, themottled volcanic glass of theAeolian Islands. Below thering round the neck weregrooved running spirals. With the ewers were nu-merous remains of brown lime-stone bowls with bridged spoutsand two side-handles—thus re-calHng the typical M. M. IIhole-mouthed class. Theypresented, however, the tradi-• tional Egyptian feature of a flatcollar round the rim. Theirdistinctive feature, however,is the decoration of the centralzone of the body by meansof circular borings filled withwhite shell inlays (see Fig. 297). ? A fragment of what seems to be a laterstone bowl of this class without the inlays andwith an inscribed handle was found in a house. Fig. 296. Ewer of Brown Limestonerestored. (?!? c.) ^ At the same time the zone from which of the Akropolis at Mycenae (Tsuntas, MuKiJi/m,p. 214, Figs. 2, 3; Ts. and M., p. 29, , 139)- : NORTH-WEST BAILEY AND LUSTRAL AREA 413 the handles spring, and that above the base, presents a triple series ofgrooves identical with those seen beneath the handle of the ewer, Fig. class of stone bowls with their characteristic inlaid decoration
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