Mummy portrait of a woman

Portrait of a woman, painted in encaustic (hot wax) on a thin wooden panel. The woman's hair is coiled in a tall bun on top of her head, and parted in the middle of her forehead. This hairstyle dates the portrait to the early Antonine period, c. 138 to 160 AD. The traces of linen on the lower surface of the portrait are the remains of wrappings, where the portrait was attached to a mummy. Excavated by Flinders Petrie at Hawara, Egypt.

Collection

Egyptology

Inventory Number

2266

Title

Mummy portrait of a woman

Object Type

3-D object

Measurements

- 42.5 cm; 42.5 cm;