97: Inscribed Libation Table

Department Archive
Collection 1936 Exhibition Collection
Reference No. 1936/1/3/19
Level Item
Dimensions 73.9 x 55.5 cm
Scope and Content Card base with three illustrations and three photographs attached, labelled with pasted letters a-f. the number 97 is pasted in the lower left corner. Images a and f (1936/01/03/19/01, 06) have later annotations in biro beside them giving bibliographic references. The original description in the catalogue reads: "Inscribed libation table, found in a cave on the lower slopes of Petsofà, south of the Palaikastro plain. a. Drawing of the reconstructed Table, seen from above. b. Photograph of the inscribed fragments before reconstruction. c. Perspective drawing of the reconstructed Table. d. Photograph of the reconstructed Table. e, f. Inscribed tablet: photograph and drawing of the only one found in the town of Palaikastro. The signs are Minoan, of the Linear Class A: compare the exhibit of Cretan scripts in the North (Minoan) room of this exhibition."
Notes In the Exhibition Catalogue this is under the subheading "Minoan writing from Palaikastro"