Mycenaean Garve stele with spiral relief and men hunting lions, 1600 - 1500 BC, Grave R Mycenae. Archaeological site Museum Mycenae. The top half of t
Mycenaean Garve stele with spiral relief and men hunting lions, 1600 - 1500 BC, Grave R Mycenae. Archaeological site Museum Mycenae. The top half of this stone funerary stele has a desin of interlocking spirals bordering an oblong hole cut through the stele. The spiral was a common motif throughout the ancinet and prehistoric world which may have signified life flowing endlessly into an aftelife. The shape of the stele is reminicent of ancient Egyptian false tomb doors so maybe this stele represents a door to the afterlife. In the bottom half of the stele are two figures of men and 2 lions. The man on the right apears to be holding a weapon so he may be hunting the lions. The fiure on the left apars to fallen pehaps fataly. The lion motif was borrowed from the Egyptians as there were no lions in Greece so the scene could not have any relivance to how the deceased died.
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Location: Mycenae Archaeological Site Museum
Photo credit: © funkyfood London - Paul Williams / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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