larnaxn.

/ˈlɑːnaks/

Forms: Plural larnakes /ˈlɑːnəkiːz/.

Etymology: < Greek λάρναξ chest, urn.

Ancient Greek History.

A chest, ossuary, urn, or coffin, usually of terra cotta, frequently ornamented with designs.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > grave or burial-place > burial-chamber > [noun] > repository or ossuary > Greek Antiquity

larnax1870

1870 Catal. Greek & Etruscan Vases Brit. Mus. II. 191 In the centre Aphroditê seated on a chest, larnax, and looking back at a youthful male figure.

1901 A. 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.

1901 Rep. Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 444 The one [tomb], a square chamber with a dromos, yielded parts of two painted larnakes, thoroughly Mycenean in design.

1904 Westm. Gaz. 24 Aug. 7/3 A later cemetery, containing larnax burials, yielded bronze implements, beads, and vases like those in the palace magazines.

1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 248/2 The Cretan ‘larnax’ coffins..have no parallels outside the Aegean.

1939 V. G. Childe Dawn European Civilization (ed. 3) ii. 24 Individual burial..in clay coffins (larnakes).

1939 V. G. Childe Dawn European Civilization (ed. 3) ii. 27 Larnax burials.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online December 2018).

单词	larnax
释义	larnaxn. /ˈlɑːnaks/ Forms: Plural larnakes /ˈlɑːnəkiːz/. Etymology: < Greek λάρναξ chest, urn. Ancient Greek History. A chest, ossuary, urn, or coffin, usually of terra cotta, frequently ornamented with designs. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > grave or burial-place > burial-chamber > [noun] > repository or ossuary > Greek Antiquity larnax1870 1870 Catal. Greek & Etruscan Vases Brit. Mus. II. 191 In the centre Aphroditê seated on a chest, larnax, and looking back at a youthful male figure. 1901 A. 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. 1901 Rep. Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 444 The one [tomb], a square chamber with a dromos, yielded parts of two painted larnakes, thoroughly Mycenean in design. 1904 Westm. Gaz. 24 Aug. 7/3 A later cemetery, containing larnax burials, yielded bronze implements, beads, and vases like those in the palace magazines. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 248/2 The Cretan ‘larnax’ coffins..have no parallels outside the Aegean. 1939 V. G. Childe Dawn European Civilization (ed. 3) ii. 24 Individual burial..in clay coffins (larnakes). 1939 V. G. Childe Dawn European Civilization (ed. 3) ii. 27 Larnax burials. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < n.1870
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