Close-up of right side of a cinerary urn amphora

Agora Museum, Athens, Greece

Close-up view of the right side of a cinerary urn amphora, focusing on a solar cross motif enclosed within a circular medallion. This ancient, pre-Christian symbol is linked to the movement of the sun and cosmic order, and its use on a funerary vessel suggests ideas of renewal, continuity, and the passage into the afterlife during the Early Geometric period.


Large cinerary urn amphora with geometric decoration and solar cross motifs
Genre:  900 – 850 BC

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Cinerary urn amphora


Material: TerracottaDate range: 900 – 850 BCOrigin: Athens, Greece This large vessel served as a...

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