Reproduction
Object Category
mummy portraits
Description
Wax encaustic portrait on wood panel of young woman; dark hair with rows of small curls across forehead, skin cream and pink, brown eyes, lips pink; wearing plain gold hoop earrings, gold open link necklace, dark red tunic with clavus (border) over right shoulder and a cloak. Portrait broken away (?termites) unevenly across right corner, left side of face missing to chin level, one longitudinal crack on right side to base and hole on right clavicle and left panel edge. (ex Temp No 424)
Publications
- Picton, Jan, Living Images. Egyptian Funerary Portraits in the Petrie Museum
Production Period
Roman Period
Production Date
100 to 199
Material
Accession Number
LDUCE-UC40696
Administration Name
Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
