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A Minoan Larnax from Knossos

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 September 2013

Lyvia Morgan
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Abstract

An unusual figurative larnax of LM III date was found in the dromos of an Iron Age chamber tomb in the KMF cemetery north of Knossos. The decoration includes retorted spirals, tricurved arch, parallel chevrons, wavy lines, and ‘tree’. The figures have closest analogies on the Ayia Triadha sarcophagus. There is a modelled animal's head on the top ridge of the lid.

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Annual of the British School at Athens , Volume 82 , November 1987 , pp. 171 - 200
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Copyright © The Council, British School at Athens 1987

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