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 THESEUM, ERECHTHEUM, AND OTHER WORKS. 203 lamp made of similar rose-coloured marble ; the top is an imitation of an Egyptian capital, with lotus-flowers and papyrus leaves. A similar lamp was found at Palaicastro, and resembles lamps still in situ at Hagiatrida.* The Palaicastro lamp has a band of ornamentation almost exactly similar to the Enkomi shaft. This ornament seems, although the transformation cannot here be followed, to derive from the papyrus blossom. Amongst the many extraordinary fragments recently discovered at Knossos and other sites, not the least interesting is a painting showing a temple front with pillars like those of the Lion Gate. The horned objects by the pillars are altars within the cellas. (Fig. 211.) Fig. 211 A Temple Front, from a Pamting at Knossos.
 * Angelo Mosso.