Middle Minoan III burial customs at Knossos: a pianissimo intermezzo?

Middle Minoan III burial customs at Knossos: a pianissimo intermezzo? The main aim of this paper is to examine the small amount of evidence for funerary practises in MM III at Knossos. The paper focuses on the Mavro Spelio necropolis, for which the closed assemblage of tomb IX, chamber E, known for the gold ring with the Linear A inscription and for a very early dog interment, is analysed and compared with other contemporary burial contexts. The pottery sets identified are suggestive of food offerings left inside the tombs or used for symposia rituals performed by the participants at the funeral.