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Painted wooden mummy portrait of Didyma
Female mummy portrait, painted. This portrait is painted in encaustic and tempera on sycamore wood. An inscription in Greek indicates that the owner of this portrait was a girl named 'Didyma' who was seven years of age when she died. The shape of the panel is typical of those from Antinoopolis.
Depth: 1.5 cm
Height: 34.8 cm
Width: 19.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1981) by Cook, Phyllis M.
Roman
180
CE
-
200
CE
Accession number: E.5.1981
Primary reference Number: 63185
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Painted wooden mummy portrait of Didyma" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/63185 Accessed: 2024-11-02 19:24:42
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