Image: Painting on limestone sarcophagus of religious rituals from Hagia Triada - Heraklion AM - 02
Description: - object type: painted limestone sarcophagus - description: 4 related figure scenes on the 4 sides: a) libation, worshippers bringing offerings to a tomb - b) 2 goddesses in a chariot drawn by 2 griffins - c) sacrificed bull on an altar, underneath 2 goats, worshippers in an outdoor sanctuary - d) above: procession of male worshippers - below: 2 goddesses in a chariot drawn by 2 goats - period / date: (Immerwahr 1990) early late minoan IIIA (end of palatial age, soon after the reoccupation of the villa) - width: 45 cm - length: 137,5 cm - findspot: Hagia Triada, small built tomb northeast of the Minoan villa - museum / inventory number: Heraklion, Archaeological Museum - bibliography: - Sara Anderson Immerwahr, Aegean Painting in the Bronze Age, London 1990, cat. A.T. No. 2 - Sinclair Hood, The Arts in Prehistoric Greece, (The Pelican History of Art, vol. 42), Harmondsworth 1978, 70-71 - Please note: The above museum permits photography of its exhibits for private, educational, scientific, non-commercial purposes. If you intend to use the photo for any commercial aime, please contact the museum and ask for permission.
Title: Painting on limestone sarcophagus of religious rituals from Hagia Triada - Heraklion AM - 02
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