Larnax (coffin) decorated with papyrus plants and scale pattern

Details

• Title

  Larnax (coffin) decorated with papyrus plants and scale pattern

• Associated place

  Europe › Greece › Crete › Heraklion › Zafer Papoura (Grave 100) (place of excavation)

• Date

  Late Minoan IIIA Period (c. 1400 - c. 1300 BC)

• Material and technique

  clay, pigment

• Object type

  container › coffin › larnax

• Dimensions

  106 cm (length)
  68 cm (height)
  max 50 kg (weight)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Sir Arthur Evans, 1905.

• Museum location

  Ground floor | Gallery 20 | Aegean World

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1896-1908.AE.583

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