192. Discoveries of 1930: Outer Line of Enceinte Wall and
Entrance System to the West: New 'Koulouras' over Earlier Houses.

Season's plans igjo —reconstituliou in North- West region ; Unexpected
development on West border; Discovery of new outer Enceinte; Includes
'North-West Treasure House'; Traces of Enceinte wall West of Theatral
Area'; Proto-palatial North-West Court within it; Enceinte wall con-
temporary ; Outer entrance system on the West—ramp of early roadivay;
Platform of terrace and converging causeways ; South- West Angle of outer
Enceinte; Southern Section; Earlier entrance passage runnin<r East;
Roadway West—comparisons with other Minoan roads of Crete and of
Mycenae; Small chambers under roadways; Discovery of two new ' Koulouras'
(2 and j) forming, with 1, symmetrical line across West Court—made for
disposal of refuse; Contents result of dumping and vnstralified; Earth
layers; Contents of 'Koulouras' 2 andj M. M. If those of 1, M. M. Ill;
'Koulouras' cleared out at end of M. M. II; Their Sanitary object; also
served as blind wells; M. M. I a houses beneath ' Koulouras' 2 and j ; House
A—sunken circle and bowl in floor of chamber ; House If with Corridors
and Magazines; Rich ceramic contents—M. M. la.; far of unique construc-
tion ; Large Store jars; Part of purple gypsum Table with architectonic
moulding; Acropolis houses North of' Koulouras' ; Room zvith utensils for
domestic Snake Cult; Proto-palatial [M. M. la) dale of Outer Enceinte
Wall; Extension along West Section of Northern border; Forlificatory
character of Enceinte; Early Cretan and Aegean fortification.

Apart from some minor investigations, my intention, as already stated,
had been to devote the Season of 1930 to the work of reconstitution in
the North-Western Palace region, where much remained to be done. This
very considerable task—carried through by August of that year—might
itself give an air of completeness to this side of the undertaking.

In pursuance of this plan, the upper elements of the Throne Room and
its Antechamber were restored while, below, the two pairs of guardian
Griffins were once more set in due array beside the seat of the last Priest-
king and facing the doorway of his inner shrine.1 Once more, as we have
seen, the coursing bull of the spacious bull-grappling composition looks forth
from the Portico over the Sea Gate.2 Something like finality might seem

1 See below, Section 115,

See above, p. 13 seqq.