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Mummy Portrait

Object Number:E16213
Current Location: Collections Storage
Provenience: Egypt
Fayum
Locus: El Rubiyat
Date Made: 200-100 BCE
Early Date: -200
Late Date: -100
Section:Egyptian
Materials:Pigment
Wood
Wax
Iconography:Man
Height: 0 cm
Length: 25 cm
Width: 18 cm
Credit Line:Purchased from Theodor Graf, 1894

Description

Head of young man. Tempera (probably) painting on wood.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

44 Eyes in a Museum Storeroom ( Dec 2000 - 2001) View Objects in Exhibition
World\'s Columbian Exposition Exhibits: Objects from the Flinders Petrie and Egyptian Exploration Fund ( Jan 1893 - Dec 1893) View Objects in Exhibition
Mummy Room ( Jun 1972 - 1979) View Objects in Exhibition

Bibliography:

[Book] Dorling Kindersley Limited. 2014. History of the World in 1,000 Objects.. London. Dorling Kindersley Limited. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 97View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Article] Ranke, Hermann. 1950. "A Guide to the Egyptian Collections". The University Museum Bulletin. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 15. no. 2-3. pg. 21-109 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 91, fig. 58View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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