Mummy portrait

Museum number:
6-21382
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
810 (field number)
Accession number:
Acc.54/56/63/107
Description:
Portrait of a woman with dark hair in a topknot. She wears a pink tunic.
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:
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
Loans:
S2016-2017 #5: Block Museum of Art (January 2, 2018–April 27, 2018)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Mummy portrait, accession number 6-21382, described as Portrait of a woman with dark hair in a topknot. She wears a pink tunic.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Mummy portrait, accession number 6-21382, described as Portrait of a woman with dark hair in a topknot. She wears a pink tunic.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mummy portrait, accession number 6-21382, described as Portrait of a woman with dark hair in a topknot. She wears a pink tunic.

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