Plan, Mallia, Palace
| Context: | Mallia |
| Type: | Sanctuary |
| Summary: | An independent bench sanctuary complex W of the palace. |
| Date: | 1800 BC - 1700 BC |
| Dimensions: | overall size ca. 8 x 17 m. |
| Region: | Crete |
| Period: | Middle Bronze Age |
Plan:
The sanctuary, entered by a angular passageway, has an anteroom and a main cult room to the E with a fixed rectangular terracotta altar in the center and a bench in the SE corner. There is also a libation jar and pit near the entrance. At the NW corner of the anteroom is a doorway to an irregular shaped room which may have been for storage.
History:
The sanctuary is one of the few structures at the site that predate the MM III (ca 1700 B.C.) palace.
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