Mummy portrait

Museum number:
6-21378b
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
804 (field number)
Accession number:
Acc.54/56/63/107
Description:
Portrait of a young man wearing a white mantle and tunic with purple clavi. He holds a garland of pink flowers and has a crown of gold leaves on his curly hair. Traces of writing in white gypsum on verso of panel.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Cemetery 7 or 8, Tebtunis, Faiyum region
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
Dimensions:
Frame— width 29.5 centimeters, Frame— height 42 centimeters, Mount— width 23.5 centimeters, Object— height 34.8 centimeters, Frame— depth 6 centimeters, Object— width 22.5 centimeters, and Mount— height 36.5 centimeters
Loans:
S1995-1996 #15: The J. Paul Getty Museum (May 16, 1996–July 29, 1997), S2004-2005 #6: Center for Tebtunis Papyri (UC Berkeley) (April 5, 2005–April 6, 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 6-21378b, described as Portrait of a young man wearing a white mantle and tunic with purple clavi. He holds a garland of pink flowers and has a crown of gold leaves on his curly hair. Traces of writing in white gypsum on verso of panel.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Mummy portrait, accession number 6-21378b, described as Portrait of a young man wearing a white mantle and tunic with purple clavi. He holds a garland of pink flowers and has a crown of gold leaves on his curly hair. Traces of writing in white gypsum on verso of panel.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Mummy portrait, accession number 6-21378b, described as Portrait of a young man wearing a white mantle and tunic with purple clavi. He holds a garland of pink flowers and has a crown of gold leaves on his curly hair. Traces of writing in white gypsum on verso of panel.

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