Minoan Assets (237 in total)
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FBU7145265: Goddess with upraised arms and bird symbols on her head, 1200-1100 BC, Minoan / Bridgeman Images
FBU7145267: Phaistos disc. Symbolic signs arranged in a spiral (A side), Early 17th Century BC, Minoan / Bridgeman Images
FBU7145268: Phaistos disc. Symbolic signs arranged in a spiral (B side), Early 17th Century BC, Minoan / Bridgeman Images
BST261701: Spouted jar (beaker), from Mochlos, Crete, Early Minoan I-II Period (2600-2000 BC) (calcite, banded limestone or travertine), Minoan / Bridgeman Images
FBU4250017: Minoen archeological site of Knossos. North lustral basins. North entrance of the palace. According to A. Evans this building was used in purification ceremonies and therefore called this place “” Lustral basins””. Knossos, Crete., Minoan / Bridgeman Images
FBU4250068: Minoen archeological site of Knossos. West wing next to the “” tripartite shrine””. Room with two large rectangular repositories sunk into the floor. They were full of clay vases and valuable obects among which the famous statuettes representing the “Snake Goddess””. The repositories have been interpreted as the 'Temple Repositories'. Knossos, Crete., Minoan / Bridgeman Images
FBU4250094: Copy - Minoan art. The “Cup-Bearer”, a figure from the procession Fresco, Minoan / Bridgeman Images
FBU4250138: Minoan archeological site of Phaistos. The tripartite shrine. This Complex of rooms in front of the Palace was a small shrine. Phaistos, Crete., Minoan / Bridgeman Images
FBU4250169: Minoan archeological site of Phaistos. The west magazines. Large complex of the palace storerooms. View over some of the 11 magazines in which the goods of the palace were stored (1900-1700 BC) Phaistos, Crete., Minoan / Bridgeman Images
FBU4250207: Minoan archeological site of Phaistos. The central court, a basic architectural element of Minoen palace. It is a core around which the different wing are set. This central court was built in the time of the old palace (1900-1700 BC). It was also use in the New Palace. The central court was used for economic, social and religious activities of the palace. Phaistos, Crete., Minoan / Bridgeman Images
FBU4250231: Minoan archeological site of Phaistos. Central court and “” Bench shrine””: small and rectangular room with low benches running round the walls to support cult objects and figurine of the deity. On some of them were found female figurine, ritual vessels, and “” offering tables”” (small altar). West Wing. Phaistos, Crete., Minoan / Bridgeman Images
FBU4250272: Minoan archeological site of Phaistos. View over the North East Complex. Complex of four rooms directly adjoining the old palace. These rooms were used to store valuable ritual vessels. The famous “” Phaistos disc”” bearing hieroglyphic writing was found here with other clay tablets inscribed in linear A. There are also Potter's Workshop as a large number of unfinished pots were found here. Phaistos, Crete., Minoan / Bridgeman Images
FBU4250292: Minoan archeological site of Phaistos. View over the North East Complex. Complex of four rooms directly adjoining the old palace. These rooms were used to store valuable ritual vessels. The famous “” Phaistos disc”” bearing hieroglyphic writing was found here with other clay tablets inscribed in linear A. There are also Potter's Workshop as a large number of unfinished pots were found here. Phaistos, Crete., Minoan / Bridgeman Images
FBU4250206: Minoan archeological site of Phaistos.The queen's Megaron (ie the queen's apartments). The southernmost of the “” Royal Apartmentsof Phaistos. The floor were paved with Gypsum slabs and red plaster filling the interstice. Gypsum were also used for thr benches running around the walls. Two staircases led to the upper floor of the Megaron and the peristyle, where one of the main entrance of the “” Royal Apartment 'was located. Phaistos, Crete., Minoan / Bridgeman Images
FBU4250216: Minoan archeological site of Phaistos. Wide corridior with a drainage duct behind the gateway of the north wing opening off the central court and leading to an inner court next to the Royal Apartments. Phaistos, Crete., Minoan / Bridgeman Images
FBU4250267: Minoan archeological site of Phaistos.The magazine of the giant pithoi (storage jars). These jars are decorated with disc and rope patterns in relief., Minoan / Bridgeman Images
FBU4250280: Minoan archeological site of Phaistos. View over the North East Complex. Complex of four rooms directly adjoining the old palace. These rooms were used to store valuable ritual vessels. The famous “” Phaistos disc”” bearing hieroglyphic writing was found here with other clay tablets inscribed in linear A. There are also Potter's Workshop as a large number of unfinished pots were found here. Phaistos, Crete., Minoan / Bridgeman Images