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mummy portrait

On display
human history
  • Description

    fayum mummy portrait. Portrait of a woman painted on wood. One of the "Fayum mummy portraits". The woman is wearing a blue top and has her hair parted in the middle. The top corners of the piece are tapered with a black border along the top. The bottom of the piece has a black trellis design. Wood slightly worm eaten and paint flaked off in places.

  • Place
    Egypt
  • Accession Number
    1935.314
  • Other Id

    22218 (ethnology)

  • Department

    Archaeology

  • Display Room

    applied arts west, decorative arts, Ancient Worlds

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Images

  • portrait, mummy, 1935.314, 22218, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 04 Aug 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • portrait, mummy, 1935.314, 22218, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 04 Aug 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • portrait, mummy 22218, 22219

Artefact

  • Display location

    applied arts west, decorative arts, Ancient Worlds

  • Credit Line
    On loan to Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 1935.314, 22218
  • Cultural Origin

    Egyptian

  • Place
    Egypt
  • Date
    332 BC-641 AD
  • Period

    Graeco-Roman

  • Media

    [mangrove]/hardwood/wood/plant material/AAT Materials

  • Measurement Reading

    385mm (This object was measured as part of a Light Sensitivity gallery survey, undertaken by Sabine Weik in H74 Ancient Worlds gallery.)

    200mm (This object was measured as part of a Light Sensitivity gallery survey, undertaken by Sabine Weik in H74 Ancient Worlds gallery.)

  • Classification

    mummy portraits

    paintings

  • Style
    Ptolemaic/Egyptian/Mediterranean/AAT
  • Last Update
    22 Feb 2024
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