Minoan/Mycenaean Source Materials

Fresco – West House – Boys with fish

Find spot:  Akrotiri, island of Thera (Santorini), West houseDate: 17th century BCE (circa 1600–1550 BCE)Clothing depicted: fish, necklaceMuseum link: Museum of Prehistoric Thira, Santorini https://www.namuseum.gr/en/collection/syllogi-archaiotiton-thiras/ Young boys with shaved heads and stray locks showing off stringers of fish Sources Ancient-Greece.org https://ancient-greece.org/art-architecture/akrotiri-frescoes/

Minoan/Mycenaean Source Materials

Ivory Figurine – Ivory Triad

Find spot: Mycenae; north slope of the Acropolis, close to the megaronDate: 15th-14th c. BCClothing depicted: heanos, wrap skirt, assorted jewelry, estheta (shawl)Museum link: National Archaeological MuseumCollection of Prehistoric Antiquities, inv. no. Π7711 https://www.namuseum.gr/ en/monthly_artefact/terms-of-endearment/ Ivory figurine representing two seated, bare-breasted female deities and a child leaning on their knees, the so called “ivory triad”. One cloak covers both women. A masterpiece of mycenaean art.…

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