The “Kernos” is local limestone feature of the Malia palace, carved into a round shape that contains 34 round hollow on the edge of its rim, a bit central depression and a channel. It is located immediately to the left inside the palaces south entrance (SW corner of the Central Court). Some think the hollows are receptacles for “offerings of the first fruits” (Cadogan, 117). But it could very likely be the bottom part of a rotating axle (placed vertically in the center conical depression). The surrounding hollows then could be the receptacles of a second vertical axle that stopped the rotation at regular intervals. With the other parts missing (probably made of wood) it’s impossible to know, but it could be a marker at the entrance to notify visitors of the occasion, or a rotating panel that marked time intervals.