Vouni, Korakas and the palaceAlfred Westholm

Room 21Room 20 forms part of the substructures of a stairbuilding, which will be described later (room 21), and has served as a storeroom with an entrance under the stairs from room 21. The storeroom has not had any even floor except possibly in its northern parts, where the pot with gold and silver was stored at a certain floor level. In the stairbuilding, which possibly was of wood, a fire broke out and the remains of it collapsed down into room 20, covering the pot, which was then forgotten and remained in its position at floor level between this and the collapsed remains of mudbrick wall debris, and charcoal and ash. How a pot with such precious contents could be forgotten only the protective goddess of Vouni knows. From room 15 a staircase leads up to this part of the palace, which lies at a higher level. The stairs come up to room 21 which is really a small landing in a corner stair building beside room 20. The landing's floor consists of large stone slabs, which on∣ … continues