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Description: | Flat painted coffin face. The portrait is Hellenistic Egyptian from a family recently settled in the country and descended from immigrants come to find employment following the invasion of Alexander the Great. It is possible that such paintings were originally displayed in the home, but when found they had been used as mummy masks. This example comes from Hawara but many others have been found in the Faiyum. For more information on these items see Walker, S. and M Bierbrier 1997. 'Ancient Faces: Mummy Portraits from Roman Egypt'. British Museum Press. 150x320mm. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Rights holder: | University of Swansea, Egypt Centre | Subjects: | [none] | Temporal: | Roman Period
Graeco Roman | Source: | Egypt Centre | Identifier: | http://www.egyptcentre.org.uk/index.asp?... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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