Meaning of larnax | Babel Free

Definitions

A small closed coffin, box or cinerary urn often used as a container for human remains in Ancient Greece.

historical

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Examples

“In a chamber tomb at Milatos, Mr. Evans discovered in 1899 a painted larnax or sarcophagus, on which there is figured a great Mycenæan body shield.”

“The borders found on the sarcophagus also occur in similar positions on the terracotta larnakes.”

“Burial in larnaxes was first practiced in Crete in the Early Minoan period (EM) and its popularity grew in the Middle Minoan period (MM).”

“Black painted band on the upper surface of the larnax rim, extended below the rim, both inside and outside.”

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