Mummy portrait

Museum number:
6-21375
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21060021375
Alternate number:
801 (field number)
Accession number:
Acc.54/56/63/107
Description:
Portrait of a woman. Fragment showing upper part of face. Height: 29.0 cm, Width/breadth: 19.5 cm
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Cemetery 7 or 8, Tebtunis, Faiyum region
Verbatim coll. place:
Tebtunis (Umm el Baragat)?; 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 (analyses as part of nu-access research project, 2015-16) and Wood (plant material) (panel, analyses by dr. caroline cartwright, british museum, july 2016)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Mummies (bodies), Portraits, and Portraits (figure works)
Department:
Ancient Egypt
Dimensions:
Painting— depth 1.2 centimeters, Painting— height 29 centimeters, and Painting— width 19.5 centimeters
Comment:
Portrait of woman with hair in conical bun. Panel cut in ogee arch at top and incomplete on bottom and lower sides due to insect damage. Paint layer in poor condition. S. Walker dates to early Antonine period (140-160 CE) stylistically.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Mummy portrait, accession number 6-21375, described as Portrait of a woman. Fragment showing upper part of face. Height: 29.0 cm, Width/breadth: 19.5 cmHearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Mummy portrait, accession number 6-21375, described as Portrait of a woman. Fragment showing upper part of face. Height: 29.0 cm, Width/breadth: 19.5 cmHearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Mummy portrait, accession number 6-21375, described as Portrait of a woman. Fragment showing upper part of face. Height: 29.0 cm, Width/breadth: 19.5 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mummy portrait, accession number 6-21375, described as Portrait of a woman. Fragment showing upper part of face. Height: 29.0 cm, Width/breadth: 19.5 cm

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