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| Excavations
on the south side of 'Main Street' revealed House 'N', a Late Minoan
I complex of eighteen rooms (figs. 1, 2), including storerooms with
pithoi (storage jars). These were preserved immediately beneath the
surface, with their rims shorn off by the plough. The house was destroyed
by fire in the 15th century B.C. (LM IB). |
 Fig. 1 Town plan with house N highlighted |
 Fig.2 Aerial photograph |
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17 and 18 produced over 400 pots including 66 ogival cups stacked
inside two large jars (fig. 5). Such a large quantity seems excessive
for private use. The potter's wheel found in Room 9 might suggest
that the owner was rather a producer and distributor of pots. The
stacked cups may have been awaiting transportation. |
 Fig..5 |
 Fig. 8 LM IB Marine style stirrup jar, Knossian import |
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HOUSE SHRINE Ritual objects found fallen from an upper floor suggest the presence of a House Shrine. These included an Agrimi rhyton (fig. 7), a marine style stirrup jar (fig. 8), a double axe stand and miniature horns of consecration. |
 Fig.12 Zoomorphic rhyton |
 Fig. 7 LM IB Agrimi rhyton decorated with reeds, crocuses and barbotine applique around the shoulder |
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| C Permission Granted by directors: Mr H.Sackett, Professor A.MacGillivray, Professor J. Driessen and the British School At Athens Archivist. |