Pithos containing inhumation



Pithos containing inhumation

Π33375
Clay
Fair (missing part of the lower half of the pithos, through which the skeleton is visible)
Height: 140 cm. Rim diameter: 70 cm.
Knossos
Ai-Lias, Cemetery
Middle-Late Bronze Age, Neopalatial period, Middle Minoan IIIB - Late Minoan IA period:
1650 - 1500 BC:
Gallery:
IX
Case:
Not in case (southwest wall of gallery)
Exhibition thematic unit:
Late Bronze Age - Final Palatial period (1450-1300 BC). The Knossos monopalatial system
Burials in pithoi and larnakes
Description
Slender ovoid pithos with four equidistant vertical arched handles, rounded everted rim and simple flat base. It contains a complete human skeleton of medium height in a foetal position.
Bibliography:
Unpublished
Author:
D. S.


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