WALL CASE H. Replica Town Mosaic tile

Accession Number AN1923.709
Year 1901-1923
Dimensions w. 3 cm
Medium plaster
Location Ashmolean Museum
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Replica of a tile from the Town Mosaic. Piece of a larger composition made from faience pieces, recovered from the Loomweight Basement in the East Wing of the Palace. Evans gave 12 replica tiles to the Ashmolean in 1923, followed by an original piece in 1936.

Bibliography

Evans, Arthur. 1921. The Palace of Minos at Knossos, I, pp. 301-314

Myres, John (ed.). 1936. British Archaeological Discoveries in Greece and Crete 1886-1936, p. 24