Mummy portrait

Museum number:
6-21383
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21060021383
Alternate number:
811 (field number)
Accession number:
Acc.54/56/63/107
Description:
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.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Cemetery 7 or 8, Tebtunis, Faiyum region
Verbatim coll. place:
Tebtunis (Umm el Baragat)?; C.7 or 8 Cemetery VII or VIII
Culture or time period:
Nerva–Antonine Dynasty (96–192 AD)
Collector:
Arthur S. Hunt and Bernard P. Grenfell
Collection date:
1899-1900
Materials:
Encaustic paint and Wood (plant material) (identified by dr. caroline cartwright, british museum, 2016)
Taxon:
Ficus sycomorus
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Mummies (bodies), Portraits, and Portraits (figure works)
Department:
Ancient Egypt
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 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 2 of 2 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.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with 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.

Tools