Find spot: Thebes, Greece, Kadmeia, Palace of Thebes
Date: LH III A period, 1400-1300 BC
Clothing depicted: heanos, wrap skirt, assorted jewelry, fillet, hat (?)
Museum link: Archaeological Museum of Thebes https://www.mthv.gr/en/permanent-exhibition/mycenaean-period/
“The Theban fresco was originally 14 meters long, consisting of three zones: 1. a decorative band in the upper part, 2. the main composition, known as the Procession of Female Worshipers, in the middle, and 3. a lower decorative zone, imitating marble. Interestingly to note is that all pigments were from natural materials, red and ocher, for example, came from iron oxides, and black from carbon. Equally interesting, is that red pigment was used by the Mycenaean painter to outline each female figure.
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This is a large mural composition and a unique fresco of female worshipers striding majestically in two opposite directions, perhaps towards a central female deity who receives their offerings. Archaeologists were able to reconstruct five women from the original composition, one of them facing left, and the other four facing right. According to the latest reconstruction of the fresco, as exhibited in the Archaeological Museum in Thebes, the female worshiper facing left is posing, showing her chest frontally and holding wild roses. Two of the remaining four women facing right are depicted in profile, one of them holding a heavy casket with jewelry, and the other holding wild roses as well. The remaining two worshipers are depicted showing their frontal chests, holding lilies, and a luxury vase, perhaps filled with aromatic oil.”
– From TeacherCurator
Other links:
https://www.teachercurator.com/ancient-greek-art/mycenaean-art/mycenaean-procession-of-female-worshippers-fresco-from-thebes/
https://www.teachercurator.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Thebes-MycWomenFr-PP.pdf
https://www.tumblr.com/greek-museums/149423413546/archaeological-museum-of-thebes-offering-gifts-to
https://ebapexcavations.org/tag/frescoes/
https://x.com/greece_heritage/status/1824473751561572430
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=122148159410035932&set=gm.3258993854405183&idorvanity=1424720167832570
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