File:Mummy portrait of a boy from Egypt - London BM EA 6715 - 01.jpg
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English: - object type: mummy portrait
- painting technique / material: tempera on linen shroud, wooden coffin - type of mummy (if preserved together with the portrait): shrouded mummy - description of the depicted person: boy, aged 7-10 years, painted as whole person, dressed in long white mantle, wearing white sandals, 4 dark marks on the forehead, holding olive twigs - proposed period / date: - (Parlasca 1969-2003) severan, ca. 200-225 AD - (Doxiadis 1995) late antonine / early severan, ca. 180-211 AD - museum: 230-250 AD - height: 85 cm - width: 21.5 cm - findspot: Egypt (exact location unknown) - museum / inventory number: London, British Museum EA 6715 / Salt 1821 - bibliography: - Klaus Parlasca, Repertorio d´arte dell´Egitto greco-romano, Serie B, Ritratti di mummie, Volume II, Roma 1977, cat. 413 - Euphrosyne Doxiadis, The Mysterious Fayum Portraits. Faces from Ancient Egypt, London 1995, cat. 36 - https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA6715 - Please note: Some museums permit photography of their exhibits for private, educational, scientific, non-commercial purposes only. If you intend to use the photo for commercial aims, I would recommend you to contact the museum. |
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