Find spot: Mochlos, CreteDate: LM IB period (the end of the Neopalatial Period 1670-1430 BCE)Dimensions: the lid measures ca. 11 by 14 cmClothing depicted: heanos, wrap skirt, bolero jacket, loincloth with codpiece, shoes, necklaceeMuseum link: Sitia Museum https://archaeologicalmuseums.gr/en /museum/5df34af3deca5e2d79e8c15b/archaeological-museum-of-siteia In Ancient Greece, a pyxis is a small, cylindrical container, typically with a removable lid, used to store small items such as jewelry,…
Find spot: AeginaDate: 1850-1550 BCEDimensions: 6 cm H, 6.30 cm WClothing depicted: kilt, bracelets, arm bands, possible belt, possible shoes or greavesMuseum link: The British Museum Item number 1892,0520.8 https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1892-0520-8 Gold pendant showing a nature god – the “Master of Animals”; he holds two geese, and stands among lotus flowers. Behind the god are stylised bull’s horns. The pendant is made of sheet gold,…
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/
Find spot: Sparta, GreeceDate: ca. 1500-1450 BCEClothing depicted: loin cloth, shoes(?)Museum link: a pair of golden cups decorated with scenes in relief, showing two different methods of capturing bulls, perhaps for the bull-leaping activities practised by the Minoan civilization of Crete, or for sacrifice. On one, with three scenes, a cow is used to lure a bull; they mate, and a rear leg is then roped; this is…
Find spot: Akrotiri, island of Thera (Santorini), Xesté 3, wall paintings from Room 3b, Ground FloorDate: 17th century BCE (circa 1600–1550 BCE)Clothing depicted: kilt (maybe), Museum link: Museum of Prehistoric Thera, Santorini https://www.namuseum.gr/en/collection/syllogi-archaiotiton-thiras/ Male figures presumed to be performing a rite of passage ceremony. “The frescoes surrounding the lustral basin of Xestè 3, furthermore, depicting female figures of different ages and hairstyles and a…
Find spot: Crete, Knossos, on the wall of Sanctuary Hall of the Piano Nobile (Upper Floor or “Floor of the Noble”)Date: 1450-1350/1300 BCEClothing depicted: sacral knot, heanos, striped cloth, makeupMuseum link: Archaeological Museum of Heraklion, Crete A fresco which was painted on the wall of Sacntary Hall depicting men and women in a ceremonial banqueting scene.
Find spot: Pylos, GreeceDate: ca. 1350 BCEClothing depicted: short-sleeved tunic, boar’s tusk helmet, helmet crest, Museum link: ??? Possibly Archaeological Museum of Chora (in Messenia, Greece) This looks like a watercolor reproduction by Piet de Jong of the fresco from Pylos. Interesting related articles:THE SHIELD OF ACHILLES: Guest Post: A Mycenaean Chariot in the Knossos Armory by Richard Vallance https://theshieldofachilles.net/2017/05/26/guest-post-a-mycenaean-chariot-in-the-knossos-armory/THE SHIELD OF ACHILLES: Guest…
Find spot: Palace of Nestor, Pylos, GreeceDate: Clothing depicted: short-sleeved tunic, belt, gaiters/greavesMuseum link: Archaeological Museum of Chora (in Messenia, Greece) 16 H 43 Fragment of wall fresco showing a hunter and stag at the Palace of Nestor. This fragment was part of the upper floor having fallen into room 43. On display at the Chora museum. Interesting articles: “Single Greaves in the Late…
Find spot: Tiryns, Greece Date: 13th-14th century BCEClothing depicted: tunicMuseum link: National Archaeological Museum, Athens Penn Museum reproduction https://collections.penn.museum/collections/object/253836
