Object class: Mummies (bodies) / Culture or time period: Old World (Africa, Asia and Europe) / Materials: Encaustic paint - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Mummy portrait, accession number 6-21379, described as Portrait of a bearded man. Height: 33.7 cm; width/breadth: 22.5 cm

Hearst Museum object titled Mummy portrait, accession number 6-21380, described as Portrait of old man on thin wood, broken, cloth adhering. Roman tomb.

Hearst Museum object titled Mummy portrait, accession number 6-21383, described as Portrait of a woman with dark hair. She wears a pink tunic with black clavi. Her right hand has a gold band on the third finger and holds a pink garland.

Hearst Museum object titled Mummy portrait, accession number 6-21381, described as Portrait of woman with dark hair in a top knot secured with gold pins. She wears a pink tunic with black clavi. Her right hand has a gold band on the third finger and holds a pink garland.

Hearst Museum object titled Mummy portrait, accession number 6-21374, described as Portrait of a woman with dark hair parted in center and gathered in a topknot. She wears a pink tunic with black clavi, possibly edged in gold, and a dark purplish/brown mantle. Yellow earth pigments used to indicate gold on clavi edges, earrings and chain necklace. A white underdrawing is visible in areas of loss. Susan Walker dates to reign of Hadrian (A.D. 117-138).

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 6-21378b, described as Portrait of a young man wearing a white mantle and tunic with purple clavi. He holds a garland of pink flowers and has a crown of gold leaves on his curly hair. Traces of writing in white gypsum on verso of panel.

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.