Fresco fragment showing part of a woman's face

Details

• Title

  Fresco fragment showing part of a woman's face

• Associated place

  Europe › Greece › Crete › Heraklion › Knossos (place of excavation)

• Date

  Late Minoan I Period (c. 1700 - c. 1450 BC)

• Material and technique

  plaster, pigment

• Object type

  visual representation › painting › wall-painting

• Dimensions

  max. 7.5 cm of fresco (height)
  max. 6.8 cm of fresco (width)
  of exhibit in plasteer 15.3 cm (height)
  of exhibit in plaster 15.5 cm (width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Sir Arthur Evans, 1900s.

• Museum location

  Ground floor | Gallery 20 | Aegean World

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1896-1908.AE.1706

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