[{SlideShowNav}] !!!Museum of Prehistoric Thira - Animal Figurine [{Image src='SV0104_Tierfigur_Akrotirijpg.jpg' caption='Museum of Prehistoric Thira - Animal Figurine, September 2013, © [Gerhard Huber|Geography/About/Consortium/Huber,_Gerhard]' alt='Museum of Prehistoric Thira - Animal Figurine' class='image_left' width='900' height='601'}] %%lang,german Die Funktion der ausgemalten Räume ist bislang nicht geklärt, doch legen Indizien und Fundstücke wie eine kleine Ziege aus Gold eine kultische Verwendung nahe. Auch Trink- und Spendengefäße in Tierform lassen einen religiöse Hintergrund vermuten. %% %%lang,english The function of the painted rooms is not yet known, but indicators and found pieces like a little goat out of gold are reason to believe that they were used for ritual purposes. Also drink- and donationvessels in animal-shape let assume a religious background. %% [{Metadata Suchbegriff='Museum of Prehistoric Thira - Animal Figurine'}] [{SET customtitle='Museum of Prehistoric Thira - Animal Figurine'}]