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Two People from the Room of the Frescoes

 
By ArchaiOptix – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=120946316

Find spot: Mycenae, Citadel House, Room of the Frescoes
Date: 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 a guarantee. They are wearing a fringed robe of some kind. The shape of the garment is unclear, but it’s reminiscent of the robe worn by the idol on the Hagia Triada sarcophagus, or possibly of the tied wrap worn by the woman painted beside the altar and 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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