An illustration of pot with two handles and a spout, painted orange with red and white decoration. Some parts are a paler colour, which may indicate these were not parts of the original fragments found but added to complete the vase before painting or imagined by the artist. The original description in the catalogue reads: "Middle Minoan polychrome ware."

An illustration of pot with two handles and a spout, painted grey with a decoration of a white octopus with red and orange details. Some parts are a paler colour, which may indicate these were not parts of the original fragments found but added to complete the vase before painting or imagined by the artist. The original description in the catalogue reads: "Middle Minoan polychrome ware."

A photograph of a landscape. In the foreground are trees, beyond which a plain also with trees can be seen, leading up to mountains partly obscured by cloud. The top half of the image is the sky. In the bottom left corner is written "Boi//annay - Genève". The original description in the catalogue reads: "View from the cave, over the Messara Plain."

A photograph of the entrance to a cave, stretching from the upper left edge the the right side of the bottom edge. On the ground in front of the entrance are two men, one with a pickaxe and a laden donkey. There are reinforced holes in each corner. The original description in the catalogue reads: "The Kamáres cave, from the entrance."

A photograph of a campsite, with three canvas tents and various items strewn between them. In the shade in the background, three men can be seen. The photograph is pasted to a thick card base, which in turn is pasted onto the base of this exhibit. The original description in the catalogue reads: "The Kamáres cave, Excavators' Camp."

A photograph showing a plain around a bay, with a rocky hill in the background. The photograph is pasted to a thick card base, which in turn would have been pasted onto the base of the exhibit. "P.K.4"is just visible in the lower left corner. The original description in the catalogue reads: "General view of the plan of Palaikastro, showing the rock of the Kastro jutting out into the bay. The Minoan town occupied the middle foreground rather to the left. The principal Middle Minoan ossuaries were at the near side of the foot of the Kastro and on the ridge by the sea to the right."

A photograph showing an ancient paved street with walls on either side. A doorway is visible on the left of the street. The photograph is pasted to a thick card base, which in turn is pasted onto the base of this exhibit. The original description in the catalogue reads: "A side street in the Minoan town, showing house-doors and rough paving."

A photograph showing an excavation site, with a pit containing bones n the centre. The photograph is pasted to a thick card base, which in turn is pasted onto the base of this exhibit. The original description in the catalogue reads: "A Larnax burial. These burials in clay chests were the characteristic manner of disposal of the dead in the Late Minoan III period; many were found in the plain of Palaikastro."

An ink illustration of a black jug with a spout and handle, and decoration of a fish and some lines in white. A small c is painted to the bottom left of the pot. The original description in the catalogue reads: "Spouted jug with a fish in white paint: M.M. Ia."

A watercolour illustration of a black cup with decorations in red and white. The original description in the catalogue reads: "Polychrome cup which, in spite of is decoration, should probably be referred to the mature stage of the earlier M.M. Ia class."

An ink illustration of a black vase with a handle with white decoration on both the body and the handle. A small c is painted to the bottom left of the cup. The original description in the catalogue reads: "Middle Minoan I vases."

An ink illustration a black cup with a white human-figure painted on. A small c is painted to the bottom left of the cup. The original description in the catalogue reads: "Middle Minoan I vases."

A watercolour illustration of a black pot with two visible handles and a spout, with decorations in red and white. The original description in the catalogue reads: "Middle Minoan I vases."

A watercolour illustration of a black pot with two handles, with decoration in red, white and yellow. The original description in the catalogue reads: "Middle Minoan I vases."

A watercolour illustration of a black jug with a spout and handle, with decoration in red, white and yellow. The original description in the catalogue reads: "Middle Minoan I vases."

A watercolour illustration of a black vase with two handles, with decoration in red and white. The original description in the catalogue reads: "Middle Minoan I vases."

A watercolour illustration of a black vase with three visible handles, with decoration of red and white fronds. The original description in the catalogue reads: "Middle Minoan I vases... The small jar with a pattern of sprays, alternately red and white, on a black ground, shows a manner of decoration common at Palaikastro. This alternation of red and white, Evans regards as 'a very characteristic feature of the mature early M.M. Ia phase of this period.' This jar, (h) together with with (a) and (b), are to be regarded as the earliest of the vases shown."

A watercolour illlustration of a black vase with a handle, with decoration in red and white. The original description in the catalogue reads: "Middle Minoan I vases."

A watercolour illustration of a black vase with decoration in red and white. The original description in the catalogue reads: "Middle Minoan cups."

A watercolour illustration of the inside of a black cup with decoration in yellow and white. There is a handle at either end, and a circle in the centre. The original description in the catalogue reads: "Middle Minoan cups: (l) has a bird fully modelled perched inside the cup; (k) has some such figure, now broken away."

A watercolour illustration of the inside of a black cup with decoration in red, white and yellow. In the centre there is a small figurine. The original description in the catalogue reads: "Middle Minoan cups: (l) has a bird fully modelled perched inside the cup; (k) has some such figure, now broken away."

A watercolour illustration of the inside of a black cup with decoration in red and white. The original description in the catalogue reads: "Middle Minoan cups."

A watercolour illustration of the outside of a bowl decorated in a mixture of red and black horizontal lines and black and white vertical lines. The original description in the catalogue reads: "The inside (a) and outside (c) of a bowl, to be classed with the dove cup (89 l). It is, however, much more elaborate. Inside the bowl is a whole flock of sheep, or perhaps oxen, followed by the shepherd. There are now 160 animals; originally there were perhaps a few more. The pattern on the outside of the bowl, with its appearance of weaving, is perhaps intended to represent the fence of the sheepfold, made, as now in Crete, by weaving bundles of brushwood into a fixed framework of hurdles." However, the image labelled a is the outside and c the inside.

A watercolour illustration of a black vase decorated with red and white floral patterns divided by horizontal lines. The original description in the catalogue reads: "Polychrome vase of the kind generally called a "fruit-stand" : M.M. I."

An ink illustration of the inside of a bowl, with many small animal figurines attached to it. Some parts are blank to indicate missing sections, with missing sections of the rim indicated by dashed lines. The original description in the catalogue reads: "The inside (a) and outside (c) of a bowl, to be classed with the dove cup (89 l). It is, however, much more elaborate. Inside the bowl is a whole flock of sheep, or perhaps oxen, followed by the shepherd. There are now 160 animals; originally there were perhaps a few more. The pattern on the outside of the bowl, with its appearance of weaving, is perhaps intended to represent the fence of the sheepfold, made, as now in Crete, by weaving bundles of brushwood into a fixed framework of hurdles." However, the image labelled a is the outside and c the inside.

An ink illustration of a black cup with white decoration. Some sections, including a handle, have not been filled in with the ink, indicating they were not original. The original description in the catalogue reads: "Eggshell-ware cup; black ground with a pattern of white lines and dots: M.M. IIa."

A watercolour illustration of a large red vase with a horizontal handle on each side. Decoration in white includes a bulls head and double axe, and flowers around some holes in the side. The original description in the catalogue reads: "Bucket-shaped vase; the finest of the few M.M. III finds at Palaikastro. The ground is deep red, and the pattern, of flowers and bulls' heads, is carried out in white paint. The walls of the vase are pierced with holes and round these holes the flowers cluster in a way that suggests that the prototype of these vases was some sort of ritual pot or flower basket with flowers showing through holes in the sides as well as at the opening."

A watercolour illustration of a black vase with decoration in red, white and yellow. The original description in the catalogue reads: "Polychrome cup: M.M. II."

A watercolour illustration of a vase in greens and white repeated patterns. The left and upper right sections are paler, indicating these sections were not found and were recreated. The original description in the catalogue reads: "Vases in naturalistic floral style, developed already in Middle Minoan III, and therefore Late Minoan Ia."

A watercolour illustration of a sherd, with a red on orange flower at the bottom and white lines on red above. The original description in the catalogue reads: "Vases in naturalistic floral style, developed already in Middle Minoan III, and therefore Late Minoan Ia."

A watercolour illustration of a vase with a pointed bottom and thin neck, in buff with dark brown, white, and red decoration. Some sections are paler, indicating these sections were not found and were recreated. The original description in the catalogue reads: " Rhyton...: Late Minoan I style, with the added red colour characteristic of this stage."

An ink illustration of a cup with black and white pattern. The original description in the catalogue reads: "Small cups: Late Minoan III."

An ink illustration of a cup with black and white pattern. The bottom section has not been inked fully, indicating this section was not found and was recreated. The original description in the catalogue reads: "Small cups: Late Minoan III."

A watercolour illustration of a vase with a thin bottom, a large rim, and a handle, in buff with dark brown, white, and red decoration. The original description in the catalogue reads: "goblet: Late Minoan I style, with the added red colour characteristic of this stage."

An ink illustration of a cone-shaped vase with a handle. The same pattern repeats in six horizontal bands. The original description in the catalogue reads: "Filler-vases from a hoard of seventeen rhyta found together in an L.M. II deposit."

An ink illustration of the the top portion of a vase with a handle. There is a repeating pattern in a band around the top, below which is what appears to be ocean-related imagery: starfish and seaweed. The original description in the catalogue reads: "Filler-vases from a hoard of seventeen rhyta found together in an L.M. II deposit."

An ink illustration of a cone-shaped vase with a handle, the bottom section is blank with the edges indicated by dashed lines, showing that this section was not found. There are several bands of floral and dotted patterns. The original description in the catalogue reads: "Filler-vases from a hoard of seventeen rhyta found together in an L.M. II deposit."

An ink illustration of a vase with a cone-shaped lower portion, a thin neck and slightly wider rim, and a handle. The neck has a floral pattern, followed by some vertical stripes, and the body is decorated with what appears to be ocean-related imagery: starfish, seaweed, and shells. Part of the lower shell decoration are not fully inked, indicating that this section was not found. The original description in the catalogue reads: "Filler-vases from a hoard of seventeen rhyta found together in an L.M. II deposit: The marine decoration of (d) is characteristic of L.M. Ib."

A watercolour illustration of a cone-shaped vase with a handle, in buff with dark brown decoration of seaweed and shells. The bottom and some other sections are paler, indicating that these sections was not found. The original description in the catalogue reads: "Filler-vases from a hoard of seventeen rhyta found together in an L.M. II deposit."

A watercolour illustration of a vase with a cone-shaped lower portion, a thin neck and slightly wider rim, and a handle, in buff with dark brown decoration of seaweed. The original description in the catalogue reads: "Filler-vases from a hoard of seventeen rhyta found together in an L.M. II deposit."

A watercolour illustration of a cone-shaped vase, in buff with dark brown decoration of seaweed and shells. The upper right section is paler, indicating that it was not found. The original description in the catalogue reads: "Filler-vases from a hoard of seventeen rhyta found together in an L.M. II deposit."

An illustration of a round vase with a narrow neck and two handles, decorated with an octopus, seaweed and shells in black on bluff. The original description in the catalogue reads: "Flask with design of octopus, rockwork and seaweed; a fine example of L.M. Ib marine style."

An ink illustration of a vase with a repeating swirled pattern. The top of the vase and the handle are shown plain, which suggests they were not found. The original description in the catalogue reads: "Late Minoan II pottery of fully-developed style; i.e., late in the Palaikastro L.M. I-II series."

An ink illustration of a vase with a thin bottom and round body, with a handle on one side of the top and a horned animal on the other side. The horns of the animal have not survived, but have been predicted to reach back round to the other side of the top, shown by dashed lines. The body of the vase has a pattern of swirls and flowers. Some writing is visible in the top right corner. The original description in the catalogue reads: "Late Minoan II pottery of fully-developed style; i.e., late in the Palaikastro L.M. I-II series."

An ink illustration of a vase with a spout and handle, decorated with a swirled pattern. Some writing is visible in the right corner. The original description in the catalogue reads: "Late Minoan II pottery of fully-developed style; i.e., late in the Palaikastro L.M. I-II series."

An ink illustration of a vase comprised of two spherical vases joined together at the side and with a handle which stretches between the openings of both. They have a pattern of flowers on them. A section of the lower left is not fully inked, indicating that this section was not found. The original description in the catalogue reads: "Late Minoan II pottery of fully-developed style; i.e., late in the Palaikastro L.M. I-II series."

An ink illustration of a vase with a repeated swirled floral motif. Only a part of it is fully inked: part is completed with lines to complete sections of the pattern, while the top and back half is blank and completed with dotted lines. The original description in the catalogue reads: "Late Minoan II pottery of fully-developed style; i.e., late in the Palaikastro L.M. I-II series."

An ink illustration of a vase with three handles between a raised section at the top and the body, and a spout. The lower portion is decorated with horizontal stripes, and above this with swirls. The original description in the catalogue reads: "Late Minoan II pottery of fully-developed style; i.e., late in the Palaikastro L.M. I-II series."

An ink illustration of a sherd of pottery, showing the rim, handle and part of the body. Some details have also been added in white paint. There is a irregular floral pattern visible. The original description in the catalogue reads: "Late Minoan III pottery."

An ink illustration of a tapering piece of pottery. There are four horizontal sections with different patterns; the lower-most shows a bird. Part of the top section has not been fully inked, indicating that this part was not found and has been reconstructed. Dashed lines at the bottom indicate the this would have continued to taper. The letter a is written between these dashed lines. The original description in the catalogue reads: "Late Minoan III pottery: b, d. strainers, of styler intermediate between L.M. II and L.M. III. Several of these strainers were found with the L.M. III larnax burials."