Palace of Minos
Title
Palace of Minos
Date
ca. 1300 BCE
Identifier
1850
Work Type
Single Built Works
Work Location
Greece (nation)
Knosós (ancient site)
Style/Period
Minoan
Subject
storerooms
pithoi
Description
View of storage room with large storage jars (pithoi), at the Palace of Knossos in Crete. "Behind all of the ceremonial rooms are the West Magazines. These long, narrow rooms—of which there were originally 22 all together were linked by what Evans called the Long Corridor. The magazines are long, narrow rooms where large storage jars known as pithoi, filled with olive oil, wine and other agricultural products, were kept. Each pithos held about 50 gallons (227 litres) and there was room for as many as four hundred of them,"--Odyssey Adventures in Archaeology website.
Reproduction Type
jpeg
Copyright Statement
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ID Number
A1GRKNO31300BI55A9
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