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Description: | Wax encaustic portrait on wood panel of young woman; dark hair in rows of curls across forehead; skin pigment extremely patchy, predominantly cream, lips maroon, eyes dark brown and white; no trace of jewellery except for ball ear rings; wearing peach/ red chiton and darker red haematon; background blue-grey; protrait virtually complete, in two main pieces, restored from fragments (inculding Temp. No.427, on lefts side as viewed); longitudinally cracked. Traces of oiled bandages from mummy binding at top and lower edge, where there are a few small linen patches; back stained in places by oil. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ | Rights holder: | University College London | Subjects: | Egyptology | Temporal: | name=Graeco-Roman Period; start=-332; end=395 | Source: | UCL Museums | Identifier: | http://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums/objects/LDU... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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