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9536: "Prince of the Lilies" fresco. Knossos.
The south part and south facade of the Palace is
very eroded. Today one can only see foundations on
tired levels. At the bottom, a tower-like
projection is all that remains of the south
entrance to the Palace. An ascending corridor led
to the Central Court. The section of the corridor
closest to the Central Court is reconstructed.
Evans put a copy of a relief wall painting here, of
which onlöy a few fragments were found. On
these it was possible to make out a figure wearing
jewellery in the shape of lilies. The
reconstruction you see here is uncertain. In Evan's
opinion, it represented the "Priest-King". Other
scholars think that it is a prince, whilst others
believe it depicts a female figure.
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