Minoan Thera Wallpainting Exhibition: Young Priestess, 17th C. BCE

"The West House
Room 5, south-east portal, east door jamb
H: 1.51 / W: 0.35 m

A young female figure wearing a long robe is depicted as if she is about to enter room 5. Her head is almost entirely shaven (blue) and crowned with a snake-like band; her lips and ears are painted in red. In her left hand, she holds a fire-box which appears to be lit and with her right hand, she adds incense to the fire.

The most striking element of this wall-painting is the yellow-reddish saffron colour of her robe.  Saffron, as a colouring agent, was used throughout antiquity as a clothing dye. Such garments were normally reserved for people of high status. Saffron was probably derived locally and is an enduring theme and colour throughout the wall-paintings."

-taken from therafoundation link below

Minoan Thera Wallpainting Exhibition: Young Priestess, 17th C. BCE.

Source:

https://web.archive.org/web/20120306221028/http://www.therafoundation.org/wallpaintingexhibition/young-priestess/wallpainting

https://cobalt.rocky.edu/~mark.moak/akrotiri.htm

http://arthistoryresources.net/greek-art-archaeology-2016/thera-painting.html