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The structure of the ritual languages is typically based on parallelism , and the content is derived from intra-language ( dialect ) borrowing . These ritual oars are remarkable due to their surprising and incongruous shape : a wide , flat blade accompanied by a shaft that is intricately decorated in openwork resembling lace . The ritual items were wrapped in the cotton , and tied around the staff and fetus ' back . " Completing the ritual preparations is our priority now . The clay models of birds and their images on the ritual vessels are also amongst the regular furnishings of the shrines like those at Knossos , Gournia or at Karphi .