Plaster coffin fragments: E.GA.3006.1943

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Titles

Plaster coffin fragments

Entities

Mummy mask

Description

Mask, of a woman. These faces formed the top section of a type of coffin that was popular in Roman Egypt. The facial features and hairstyles of the examples here seem individual. However, such masks were mass-produced by pouring plaster in moulds.

Measurements and weight

Depth: 20 cm
Height: 29 cm
Width: 14 cm

Find spot

Egypt

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1943) by Gayer-Anderson, R. G. (Major)

Dating

Roman
100 - 150

Materials used in production

Plaster

Techniques used in production

Mould made

References and bibliographic entries

Related exhibitions

Ancient Faces

Identification numbers

Accession number: E.GA.3006.1943
Primary reference Number: 57436
Oldadmincategory: M
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 16 October 2020

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Antiquities

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