Tag: mycenae

Two People from the Room of the Frescoes

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 […]

Goddess or Priestess from the Room of the Frescoes

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.

Ritual Fresco from Mycenae

Find spot: MycenaeDate: 1400-1200 BCE [verify] Clothing depicted: Fragmentary. Kilt; the top of the figure is missing. Unusual one-shouldered tied wrap; the figure is missing below the chest.

Mycenaean Lady Seen from the Front

Find spot: Mycenae, Acropolis of Mycenae, Cult CenterDate: 1400-1200 BCE [verify; 13th century?] Clothing depicted: Heanos, jacket (discernable by the reversed-color trim), detailed jewelry; figure cuts off below the chest. A rare view of the heanos from the front with breasts covered.

Mycenaean Woman from Tiryns

Find spot: TirynsDate: 14th-13th c. BCE Clothing depicted: Fragmentary. Detailed view of decorated band of heanos.