The Hagia Triada Sarcophagus: Interconnections Between Crete and Egypt in the Late Bronze Age

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dc.contributor.advisorVenit, Marjorie Sen_US
dc.contributor.authorMartino, Paulaen_US
dc.contributor.departmentArt History and Archaeologyen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2005-08-03T15:01:04Z
dc.date.available2005-08-03T15:01:04Z
dc.date.issued2005-05-10en_US
dc.description.abstractThe Hagia Triada Sarcophagus, a painted limestone larnax, has been an enigma in the Minoan artistic canon since the time of its discovery in 1903. It is the only larnax found to date made of limestone, and the only one to contain a series of narrative scenes of Minoan funerary rituals. Conversely, most contemporaneous Aegean larnake are decorated with randomly arranged abstract designs and figures. The late twentieth century re-excavations at the site of its discovery have, at last, allowed scholars to assign a date (1370-1320 BC) to the sarcophagus. This period coincides with the late Eighteenth Dynasty in Egypt; a time when interconnections between Crete and Egypt were extensive. This development now permits a re-examination of the artistic and technical elements on the Hagia Triada Sarcophagus that seem closely related to the Egyptian techniques used to decorate temples and tombs since the third millennium, BC.en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/2588
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledArt Historyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledHagia Triadaen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledsarcophagusen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledlarnakeen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledMinoanen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledEgyptianen_US
dc.titleThe Hagia Triada Sarcophagus: Interconnections Between Crete and Egypt in the Late Bronze Ageen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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