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Pentamodhi/Pentamodi: Cem

PK	C5306
TITLE	Pentamodhi∕Pentamodi: Cem
WGS84	35.248692° N, 25.026633° E
Accuracy	Unknown

LAT/LON	35.248692, 25.026633
LON/LAT	25.026633, 35.248692

DMS

35° 14' 55.2912" N

25° 1' 35.8788" E

W3W	lodgings, haunts, apelike
UTM	35 S, 320462, 3902407
EGSA87	593251, 3900817

Elevation m	324
Elevation feet	1063
Region	Crete
Subregion	Malevyzion

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1.    Pottery.   Kanta [1980], 13    'They (vases, rhc) presumably came from the old tomb which contained a sarcophagus ...'
2.    Sarcophagus.   Orsi [1890], 209    'Un urna quasi eguale per forma e grandezza a quella n. 1, fu ritrovata nei contoni del villagio di Pendamodi ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Orsi [1890]: 210, Or G? 'Le costole sporgenti e riquadrate rappresenterebbero cioè i pilastri in legno degli angoli, quali erano in uso nei tempi omerici ..., e meglio ancora nei tempi preomerici, quando la capanna ellenica si doveva più che mai avvicinare all'italica, la cui struttura conosciamo per le urne a capanna pervenuteci.' or 'The protruding and squared ribs would represent the wooden pillars of the corners, which were in use in Homeric times ..., and even better in pre-Homeric times, when the Hellenic hut resembled the Italian even more and whose structure we know from the hut-shaped urns that have come into our hands.'

2. Late Minoan IIIA: (1420 BC - 1330 BC)
    a.    Kanta [1980]: 14, '...the tomb ... was in use during the latter part of the III A and the beginning of III B.'

3. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Kanta [1980]: 13, '...the tomb ... was in use during the latter part of the III A and the beginning of III B.'

NOTE

1. In Kanta [1980] 13 we read '...they presumably come from the old tomb which contained a sarcophagus described by Orsi.(1)' Footnote 1 says 'Orsi 1889-92, p. 208-211, pl. 1, fig. 2. Orsi says that nothing is known about the details of the discovery of the sarcophagus acquired by the Heraklion Museum.' In Orsi [1890] 209: '...; disgraziatamente non si hanno informazioni di sorta sulle circostanze che accompagnarono la scoperta.' In light of all this vagueness I have placed the marker notionally on the town of Pentamodi.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Kanta [1980]: Kanta, Athanasia. The Late Minoan III Period in Crete; A Survey of Sites, Pottery and their Distribution. Paul Åströms Förlag, Göteborg. Sweden. 1980., '2. Pentamodhi', pg. 13.

2. Orsi [1890]: Orsi, Paolo. ‘Urne Funebri Cretesi Dipinte nello Stile di Micene’, Monumenti antichi (R. Accademia dei Lincei), vol. I, pp. 201-230. 1889-1892., 'Scoperta di Pendamodi', pg. 209. Online here.