Collection place: Cemetery 7 or 8, Tebtunis, Faiyum region / Loans: S2018-2019 #8: Bancroft Library (UC Berkeley) (September 17, 2019–January 19, 2021) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Bottle, accession number 6-21428, described as Glass bottle, handle. Late Roman tomb.

Hearst Museum object titled Ink pot, accession number 6-21419a,b, described as Wooden ink pot, traces of ink powder. Late Roman tomb.

Hearst Museum object titled Mummy portrait, accession number 6-21378a, described as Mummy portrait with sketch on reverse. Obverse side: nearly effaced, finished encaustic female portrait; Reverse side: sketch of female subject in carbon ink with Greek instructions for artist.

Hearst Museum object titled Mummy portrait, accession number 6-21376, described as Portrait of a woman with hair coiled in a knot, wearing a white undertunic, red mantle and tunic with black clavi and a chain necklace and bar earrings with three suspended pearls. Partial inscription (Thaubarion?) above proper right shoulder. Susan Walker dates to 125-40 CE.

Hearst Museum object titled Mummy portrait, accession number 6-21377, described as Portrait of a boy holding a scroll and pen. Height: 30.5 cm; Width/breadth: 19.3 cm Notice: Image restricted due to its potentially sensitive nature. Contact Museum to request access.

Hearst Museum object titled Painting fragment, accession number 6-21387, described as Three fragments of painted panels, inscribed in Demotic; one figure nearly complete, plaster on cloth upon wood. Roman.

Hearst Museum object titled Pen, accession number 6-21420, described as Reed pen. Late Roman tomb.

Hearst Museum object titled Tablet, accession number 6-21416, described as Wooden tablet inscribed with moral sentence, third century. Late Roman tomb. TRANSLATION: “Good handwriting begins with well-formed letters and a straight line. Imitate me.”