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DPP_0313
During the Neopalatial period (1700-1450 BC), the dead were laid to rest in wooden coffins, on beds and biers, and also in wide-mouthed pithoi and clay larnakes, as examples from the Knossos area and East Crete attest. The narrow-mouthed amphoras may have contained liquid offerings. The body, as in the case of the pithos from Ai-Lias, was placed and perhaps trussed in a foetal position in order to fit inside.
The decoration of dolphins and papyri on two burial jars from East Crete is reminiscent of the repertoire and naturalistic style of the frescoes. The choice of such themes from the plant and marine world prefigures the iconography of Postpalatial larnakes.
DPP_0313
During the Neopalatial period (1700-1450 BC), the dead were laid to rest in wooden coffins, on beds and biers, and also in wide-mouthed pithoi and clay larnakes, as examples from the Knossos area and East Crete attest. The narrow-mouthed amphoras may have contained liquid offerings. The body, as in the case of the pithos from Ai-Lias, was placed and perhaps trussed in a foetal position in order to fit inside.
The decoration of dolphins and papyri on two burial jars from East Crete is reminiscent of the repertoire and naturalistic style of the frescoes. The choice of such themes from the plant and marine world prefigures the iconography of Postpalatial larnakes.