. The palace of Minos : a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustrated by the discoveries at Knossos . of Narnier, Petrie, RoyalTombs, II, 93 (cf. Mena); c. from cartouche ofQueen Hatasu (for comparison). * e. g. at Mah^sna. J. Garstang, Mahdsna,PL XXXIX and p. 30. BurialUrns andClayCists : 126 THE PALACE OF MINOS, ETC. Pre-historicEgyptianandLibyanCompari-sons. Approxi-mateDatingof E. contracted skeletons. The clay cist or larnax has a very long historyin Crete and specimens with rounded angles have now been foundassociated with Early Min
. The palace of Minos : a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustrated by the discoveries at Knossos . of Narnier, Petrie, RoyalTombs, II, 93 (cf. Mena); c. from cartouche ofQueen Hatasu (for comparison). * e. g. at Mah^sna. J. Garstang, Mahdsna,PL XXXIX and p. 30. BurialUrns andClayCists : 126 THE PALACE OF MINOS, ETC. Pre-historicEgyptianandLibyanCompari-sons. Approxi-mateDatingof E. contracted skeletons. The clay cist or larnax has a very long historyin Crete and specimens with rounded angles have now been foundassociated with Early Minoan pottery in the Sepulchral Cave of Pyrgosabove referred to, North-east of Knossos.^ Those of the E. M. IllPeriod still show rounded corners and burial jars occur of oval form whichmay be described as miniature cists. Both burial cists and jars occurredin the Pachyammos cemetery (see Fig. 94). The vessels were simply buriedin the sand. They were closely packed together and range from E. M. Illto the close of M. M. III. In the case of the jars especially the bodies hadevidently-been tightly trussed before the rigor mortis had set in. It seems.
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