Minoan/Mycenaean 'Hagia Triada' sarcophagus 1370-1320 BCE

"The Hagia Triada sarcophagus is a late Bronze Age 137 cm-long limestone sarcophagus. It was originally dated to 1400 BC and was rediscovered in Hagia Triada on Crete in 1903. It provides probably the most comprehensive iconography of a pre-Homeric thysiastikis ceremony and one of the best pieces of information on noble burial customs when Crete was under Mycenaean rule, combining features of Minoan and Mycenaean style and subject matter.

Recent 20th century excavations on the same site have allowed the sarcophagus's dating to be tightened up to 1370-1320 BC"

-taken from wikipedia

Minoan/Mycenaean 'Hagia Triada' sarcophagus 1370-1320 BCE. Heraklion Archaeological Museum.

Other side.






Side panel.




Source:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sarcophagus_archmus_Heraklion.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Agia_Triada,_sarcophagus,_long_side_1,_limestone,_fresco,_1370-1320_BC,_AMH,_145305.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Agia_Triada,_sarcophagus,_long_side_2,_limestone,_frescoes,_1370-1320_BC,_AMH,_145312.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Agia_Triada,_sarcophagus,_long_side_2,_limestone,_frescoes,_1370-1320_BC,_AMH,_145310.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Agia_Triada,_sarcophagus,_short_side_1,_limestone,_frescoes,_1370-1320_BC,_AMH,_145313.jpg

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/354799276865064977/

https://austria-forum.org/af/Geography/Europe/Greece/Pictures/Rethymno/Hagia_Triada_Sarcophagus_Heraklion_Archaeological_Museum_2

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Agia_Triada,_sarcophagus,_long_side_1,_limestone,_fresco,_1370-1320_BC,_AMH,_145305.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Agia_Triada,_sarcophagus,_short_side_2,_limestone,_frescoes,_1370-1320_BC,_AMH,_145308.jpg

 

Quote:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagia_Triada_sarcophagus

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