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Goddess or Priestess from the Room of the Frescoes

 
By ArchaiOptix – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=120946318

Find spot: Mycenae, Citadel House, Room of the Frescoes
Date: 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.

By ArchaiOptix – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=90810386

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