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- A larnax (plural: larnakes; Ancient Gr****: λάρναξ, lárnaks, plural: λάρνακες, lárnakes) is a type of small closed coffin, box or "ash-chest" often used...
- 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...
- 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...
- decorated with griffins Artefacts and figurines from Kato Syme Minoan larnakes (clay coffins) are on display here. Frescoes from Knossos and Hagia Triada...
- 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,...
- deceased. Processions and ritual laments are depicted on burial chests (larnakes) from Tanagra. Grave goods such as jewelry, weapons, and vessels were arranged...
- includes vases, figurines, models of buildings, and burial urns called larnakes. Several pottery shapes, especially the rhyton cup, were also produced...
- Spyropoulos moved to the ephorate at Sparta, the excavation site yielded larnakes, pottery and terracottas. The chamber tombs uncovered were apparently in...
- still containing many artefacts. 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...