Site details

Room of the Ivories

PK	C6625
TITLE	Room of the Ivories
WGS84	37.72998° N, 22.756717° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.72998, 22.756717
LON/LAT	22.756717, 37.72998

DMS

37° 43' 47.928" N

22° 45' 24.1812" E

W3W	related, feminism, shed
UTM	34 S, 654805, 4177309
EGSA87	390293, 4176296

Elevation m	238
Elevation feet	780.8
Region	Argolid

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cult

TYPE

1.    Cult.   Morgan [2005], 163    'This suggests that the Shrine of the Ivories took over from the painting as the focal emphasis of the shrine.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH IIIB1: (1320 BC - 1250 BC)
    a.    Morgan [2005]: 162, 'The initial building of the Shrine of the Fresco, constructed in LH IIIB1, ... ', ' ..., the small 'Room of the Ivories' was added to the eastern end through this doorway, ...'

2. LH IIIB2: (1250 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Morgan [2005]: 163, ? 'The Shrine complex went out of use in mid-LH IIIB.'
    b.    Morgan [2005]: 163, 'Both Shrines (i.e. the Shrine of the Idols and the Shrine of the Ivories, RHC) were covered by debris from fire destruction at the end of LH IIIB.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Morgan [2005]: Morgan, Lyvia. ‘The Cult Centre at Mycenae and the duality of life and death’, British School at Athens Studies, 13, Aegean Wall Painting: A Tribute to Mark Cameron (2005), 159-171. 2005., '', pg. 163. References to the Room of the Ivories are scattered throughout this article.
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