Collection place: Faiyum region, Lower Egypt / Materials: Wood (plant material) (identified by caroline cartwright, british museum, 2016) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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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 5-2327, described as Mummy portrait; female; black hair centrally parted with small ringlets across forehead; gold chain around neck with central medallion; earrings of gold and pearls; red robe with black shoulder stripes; distemper on chalk ground.

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.