Find spot: Crete, Knossos
Date: 1650-1550 BCE
Clothing depicted: Heanos, thick waistband, some sort of overskirt.
The decoration of the overskirt suggests to me that rather than depicting a real garment, the surface of the skirt is used to show a landscape with saffron flowers.
Find spot: Mycenae, Citadel House, Room of the FrescoesDate: c. 1250 BCE Clothing depicted: Tied wrap, kilt The location of this fresco behind a household altar indicates that at least one of the people is a deity. The person on the right could be a woman, based on the light skin of the feet, but this is not […]
Find spot: Mycenae, Citadel House, Room of the FrescoesDate: c. 1250 BCE Clothing depicted: Heanos, tied wrap This woman is identified as a goddess or priestess. Compare her clothing to the clothes of the Young Priestess from Akrotiri.
Find spot: Santorini, Akrotiri, Xeste 3, upper storeyDate: c. 1650 BCE Clothing depicted: Heanos, kilt, detailed jewelry Two girls in fine clothes gather saffron, the symbol of a Minoan goddess and possibly a symbol of new womanhood. Both girls have undeveloped breasts, but wear their heanoses open in front. The girl on the right, in the orange or […]