Vertebral Maypole
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Title
Vertebral Maypole
Subject
Two fragments preserving on (a) part of a checkerboard frieze at top; blue ground below on which appears a white "column" composed of four "vertebrae" mounted on a yellow stem; from each vertebra depends two white streamers, one to right, one to left. On (b) the lower ends of four white streamers abut on a horizontal yellow band; blue background.
Description
Catalogue number: 19 M ne
Dimensions:
(a) h. 0.08 m., w. 0.06 m., th. 0.022 m.
(b) h. 0.09 m., w. 0.083 m., th. 0.022 m.
Find spot: Outside northeast wall of palace
Dimensions:
(a) h. 0.08 m., w. 0.06 m., th. 0.022 m.
(b) h. 0.09 m., w. 0.083 m., th. 0.022 m.
Find spot: Outside northeast wall of palace
Source
Lang (2015) p. 186, pls. 113, L
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Citation
“Vertebral Maypole,” Pylos, accessed May 3, 2026, https://www.pylospalace-wallpaintingprogram.artinterp.org/items/show/205.