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 514 Primitive Grehce: Mvcenian Art. megarons. The lateral jambs embellished with a row of rosettes, bounding the fa9ade, right and left, correspond with the vertical beams which intersected transverse timbers. Special patterns, Plaster fragment. Half site. largely made up of curvilinear lines, covered the woodwork and most of the plastered space as well. Amidst these complicated patterns, fields were reserved above the plinth for scenes of the Z13. — Plaster fragment. chase or war, fragments of which will be reproduced in our chapter on painting. The most archaic of these mural paintings are a few bits which have been picked up at Thera. They mainly consist of