Reproduction
mummy portraits
Description
Wax encaustic portrait on wood panel of youth; short dark hair, clean shaven, skin reddish; traces of binding bandages from mummy above and below portrait, no indication of garments. Portrait intact, joined from two longitudinal pieces.
Documentation
- Picton, Jan, Living Images. Egyptian Funerary Portraits in the Petrie Museum
Roman Period
Date
100 to 199
Matériel
Dimensions
height: 32.5 cms
length: 20.5 cms
N° d'objet
LDUCE-UC36348
Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
