Mummy portrait

Museum number:
6-21379
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21060021379
Alternate number:
807 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.54/56/63/107
Description:
Portrait of a bearded man. Height: 33.7 cm; width/breadth: 22.5 cm
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, Gypsum, 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
Dimensions:
Object— height 33.7 centimeters, Frame— width 29.5 centimeters, Frame— depth 5.8 centimeters, Frame— height 42 centimeters, and Object— width 22.5 centimeters
Comment:
Portrait of a bearded man wearing a white mantle and tunic with purple clavi. Traces of Greek letters written in white gypsum on verso. Roman tomb. Panel split in two vertically.
Loans:
S2005-2006 #1: Center for Tebtunis Papyri (UC Berkeley) (September 13, 2005–September 14, 2005) and S2016-2017 #5: Block Museum of Art (January 2, 2018–April 27, 2018)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Mummy portrait, accession number 6-21379, described as Portrait of a bearded man. Height: 33.7 cm; width/breadth: 22.5 cmHearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Mummy portrait, accession number 6-21379, described as Portrait of a bearded man. Height: 33.7 cm; width/breadth: 22.5 cmHearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Mummy portrait, accession number 6-21379, described as Portrait of a bearded man. Height: 33.7 cm; width/breadth: 22.5 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with 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

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