Reproduction
Object Category
mummy portraits
Description
Wax portrait on wood of woman wearing gold necklace and earrings; and a purple chiton, and himation of darker purple with gold bands over left shoulder. Hair is smoothly parted away to either side. Linen fragments adhering to surface. From Hawara Cemetery Mummy No.44
Collection Place
Hawara
Collection Place Notes
Hawara Cemetery Mummy No.44
Publications
- Walker, Susan, Ancient Faces: Mummy Portraits from Roman Egypt
- Picton, Jan, Living Images. Egyptian Funerary Portraits in the Petrie Museum
Production Period
Trajan
Material
Dimensions
height: 42.9 cms
length: 19.5 cms
width: cms
diameter: cms
depth: cms
thickness: cms
Accession Number
LDUCE-UC30081
Administration Name
Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
