The beautiful “Prince of Lilies” Fresco, Knossos, showing his belt = ZONE


The beautiful “Prince of Lilies” Fresco, Knossos, showing his belt = ZONE:

KN 433 R w 11 ZO

The Prince of Lilies Knossos with his belt

This stunning fresco from the Late Minoan IIIb Palace at Knossos (ca. 1450 BCE) shows us the famous so-called “Prince of Lilies” wearing his beautiful azure belt.  Note that the supersyllabogram, the single syllabogram ZO, is the first syllable of the Linear B word zone, which is equivalent to its ancient Greek counterpart as illustrated on the tablet and on the fresco. This is the one and only tablet in the entire Linear B repertoire on which this SSYL appears, but I am quite convinced that it means what I take it to mean, i.e. a belt.
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4 thoughts on “The beautiful “Prince of Lilies” Fresco, Knossos, showing his belt = ZONE”

    1. Mine too! Exquisite! Watch out for your plurals. Remember not to confuse them with the possessive. “fresco’s” means OF a fresco. The plural is “frescoes”. You simply have to get past this.

      🙂 🙂 Richard

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