human remains, heads (human), bones (human)

Mummified head of a woman from Hawara, skin dried yellow, reddish-brown hair plaited and coiled at back with 4 hairpins: 2 ivory, 1 tortoiseshell, 1 silver.

- Petrie, William Matthew Flinders, Funeral Furniture of Egypt; Stone and Metal Vases, p.18, 331
- Petrie, William Matthew Flinders, Hawara, Biahmu and Arsinoe
- Bowman,, Egypt after the Pharaohs
- Walker, Susan, Ancient Faces: Mummy Portraits from Roman Egypt
- Davis, P. R. & Janssen, R., Dental Health in Ancient Egypt, with particular reference to the mummified heads in the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, University College London

Late Roman Period

human remains (material), ivory, animal remains, silver

LDUCE-UC28072

Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology