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THE PALACE OF MINOS, ETC.

of the vessel. Often indeed the open spout starts directly from the
shoulder of the bowl as is already the case with some Early Minoan types
of vessel.

a b

Fig. 77. (a), Conoid Ivory Seal from Early Tholos Ossuary, Hagia
Triada : (b) Side-spouted Jug from Kamares Cave (■§ c).

Fig. 78. Side-spouted Jug from Knossos, E. M. Ill, showing Beginnings

of Polychrome Decoration c).

In Fig. 77, b is shown a jug of this class from the Excavations of the
British School in the Kamares Cave 1 which illustrates the curtailment of the
tubular part of the spout in the latter part of E. M. III. The vase itself is

1 R. M. Dawkins, The Excavations of the the drawing from which Fig. 77, b was taken.
Kamares Cave in Crete, B. S. A., xix, PI. iv, Mr. Dawkins rightly classes this vessel with
top, and p. 13. The spout is completed in E. M. III.