Mummy portrait

Museum number:
6-21374
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
800
Accession number:
Acc.54/56/63/107
Description:
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).
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 caroline cartwright, british museum, 2016)
Taxon:
Ficus sycomorus
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Mummies (bodies), Portraits, and Portraits (figure works)
Production date:
117-138 AD
Department:
Ancient Egypt
Dimensions:
width 25 centimeters and length 34 centimeters
Images:
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).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with 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).

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