Site details

Shrine of the Idols

PK	C6626
TITLE	Shrine of the Idols
WGS84	37.729981° N, 22.756781° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.729981, 22.756781
LON/LAT	22.756781, 37.729981

DMS

37° 43' 47.9316" N

22° 45' 24.4116" E

W3W	ecologic, sorters, postcards
UTM	34 S, 654811, 4177309
EGSA87	390298, 4176296

Elevation m	240
Elevation feet	787.4
Region	Argolid

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cult

TYPE

1.    Cult.   Morgan [2005], 162    ' ...: the eastern Shrine of the Idols (known as the Temple) ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. 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.'

NOTES

1. See the fine floor plan of the Shrine of the Fresco and the Shrine of the Idols in Morgan [2005] 163, Fig. 10.3.

2. Elevation from Iakovidis et al. [2003], Map 3, The Mycenae Citadel.

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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. 162. Online here.