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Erich Lessing

Huge clay pithoi (storage jars), as tall as a man and decorated with designs mimicking the rope cradles that were used to transport them, once held the oil, grain and other foodstuffs that fed the residents of Mallia, the third largest of the Minoan palaces on Crete. According to legend, Mallia was ruled by Sarpedon, brother of King Minos.