Example sentences for: libation

How can you use “libation” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Spiral decoration frames scenes of libation and other religious activities.

  • You will be able to view a sarcophagus with skeleton still in place, and the Goddess of Mírtos, a libation vessel dating from the 2nd millennium b.c. in the shape of a woman with a long neck and squat body.

  • The west wing of the palace was given over to cult practices — with shrine, purification and libation rooms — as in other Minoan sites, with workshops in the south.

  • The caryatids — female figures used as pillars — are thought to represent the Arrephoroi (maidens who attended to the goddess Athena and performed rituals in the sanctuary and the temple), as they all originally carried libation vessels in their hands.

  • Artifacts originated in the palaces of Knossós, Mália, and Phaistós and include the superb rhyton (libation vessel used in ritual purification) carved from black steatite in the shape of a bull’s head.


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