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title: Minoan Religious Procession on Hagia Triada Sarcophagus
author: ArchaiOptix
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/14552/minoan-religious-procession-on-hagia-triada-sarcop/
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# Minoan Religious Procession on Hagia Triada Sarcophagus

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## Image File

[![Minoan Religious Procession on Hagia Triada Sarcophagus](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/14552.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/14552.jpg)

## Image Caption

[Minoan](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Minoan/) limestone sarcophagus, c. 1400 BCE.

Heraklion Archaeological Museum, [Crete](https://www.worldhistory.org/crete/).

This painting appears on one of the two longer sides of the sarcophagus. It shows a sacrificial procession, part of a funerary ritual, with a woman offering a bleeding bull, a male musician playing the double flute, and another woman who might be leading the rites. A basket of sacred cakes is suspended above the altar. More animals, perhaps further sacrifices, under the table.

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