1700-1380 BCE
Knossos, Crete, Greece

This is the Throne Room and shows the griffin fresco painted on the field- or wide middle decorative zone of an interior wall. The dado (lower decorative zone of a wall) has a band of painted design and a bench lining the perimeter of the room.

Palace at Knossos, View: State Quarters, west wing; view of the Throne Room showing the throne and the griffin fresco. c. 1700 – 1380 BCE. Artstor, library.artstor.org/asset/CANYONLIGHTS_DB_10312431317