- A
larnax (plural:
larnakes;
Ancient Gr****: λάρναξ, romanized: lárnax, plural: λάρνακες,
lárnakes) is a type of
small closed coffin, box or "ash-chest"...
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decorated with
griffins Artefacts and
figurines from Kato Syme
Minoan larnakes (clay coffins) are on
display here.
Frescoes from
Knossos and
Hagia Triada...
- chalice'. An
informal etymology attributes the
origin of the name to the many
larnakes (sarcophagi) that have been
found in the area.
Sophocles Hadjisavvas, a...
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Alexander the Great:
Legacy of a
Conqueror (2005) p. 109. Adams, J.P. The
Larnakes from Tomb II at Vergina.
Archaeological News (1983). 12:1–7 F. Tissot,...
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consecration are
among the
cultic images painted on the
Minoan coffins called larnakes,
sometimes in isolation; they may have
flowers between the horns, or the...
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includes vases, figurines,
models of buildings, and
burial urns
called larnakes.
Several pottery shapes,
especially the
rhyton cup, were also produced...
- deceased.
Processions and
ritual laments are
depicted on
burial chests (
larnakes) from Tanagra.
Grave goods such as jewelry, weapons, and
vessels were arranged...
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still containing many artifacts.
Among them were two gold ash
coffins (
larnakes) in Tomb II and a
silver funerary urn in Tomb III. The
coffin of Tomb II's...
- jewelry,
bronze tools,
stone vases,
bronze vessels and pottery. Clay
larnakes, a type of
small coffin,
painted with
double axes,
hunting scenes, and...
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collection of the
Museum August Kestner in 1989 (inventory
number 1989.30)
Larnakes are
pottery sarcophagi modelled on
similar coffins in wood and were a standard...
