Mycenaean coffin (larnax)

Classification

larnax ; coffin ; sarcophagus, coffin

Culture

Mycenaean

Dimensions

63.5 × 90.8 × 38.7 cm

Date

1250–1200 BC

Period

Cypriote Late Bronze Age (1650–1050); Late Helladic Period (1700/1600–1100); Late Cycladic Period (1700/1600–1100); Late Minoan Period (1700/1600–1100)

Material

clay

Iconography

wavy lines

Production place

Crete

Present location

Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities

Inventory

97.4.A

ID

Hyp-83

References

Szilágyi, J. Gy., Antik Gyűjtemény, 17; Szilágyi, J. Gy., Ancient Art, 18–19

Trails

Greek art in motion from the Geometric to the Classical period

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This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.