Full-face portrait paintings placed on Egyptian mummies of the Roman period (2nd and 3rd centuries CE), most coming from Faiyum; usually in encaustic paint on panel.
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Faiyum portraits
Fayum portraits
Fayuum portraits
Fayyum portraits
portraits, Faiyum
portraits, Fayum
portraits, mummy
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