Mummy portrait

Titles

Mummy portrait of a woman

Mummy portrait of woman. The portrait is painted using the encaustic technique onto lime panels. This was an imported Mediterranean wood and was used for the majority of the Hawara portraits. This panel would have been placed over the face of a mummy.

Named entities

Mummy portrait

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given
Dates: 1911

Dating

Middle Roman
Production date: CE 100

Measurements and weight

20
39

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Materials used in production

Wood

Associated department: Antiquities

References and bibliographic entries

Roman portraits and Memphis (4)

Identification numbers

Accession number: E.102.1911
Primary reference Number: 51330
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Friday 21 April 2017
Last processed: Tuesday 22 December 2020
Data source: Adlib

Associated institutions

The Fitzwilliam Museum

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    The Fitzwilliam Museum (2020) "Mummy portrait"
    Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/51330 Accessed: 2021-01-18 04:45:34

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