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larnax Gr. Antiq.|ˈlɑːnæks|
Pl. larnakes |ˈlɑːnəkiːz|.
[Gr. λάρναξ chest, urn.]
A chest, ossuary, urn, or coffin, usually of terra cotta, frequently ornamented with designs.
1870Catal. Greek & Etruscan Vases Brit. Mus. II. 191 In the centre Aphroditê seated on a chest, larnax, and looking back at a youthful male figure. 1901A. J. Evans Mycenaean Tree & Pillar Cult 77 In a chambered tomb at Milato..was a painted clay ossuary chest or larnax of the usual Cretan type. 1901Rep. Brit. Assoc. Adv. Sci. 444 The one [tomb], a square chamber with a dromos, yielded parts of two painted larnakes, thoroughly Mycenean in design. 1904Westm. Gaz. 24 Aug. 7/3 A later cemetery, containing larnax burials, yielded bronze implements, beads, and vases like those in the palace magazines. 1910Encycl. Brit. I. 248/2 The Cretan ‘larnax’ coffins..have no parallels outside the Aegean. 1939V. G. Childe Dawn European Civilization (ed. 3) ii. 24 Individual burial..in clay coffins (larnakes). Ibid. 27 Larnax burials. |