Mummy with an Inserted Panel Portrait of a Youth

Creator Name

Cultural Context

Date

A.D. 80–100

Source

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

About the work

Metropolitan Museum of Art Object Description

Mummy, youth, panel portrait

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Title

Mummy with an Inserted Panel Portrait of a Youth

Creator

Worktype

Cultural Context

Material

Human remains wrapped with linen and mummification material; panel portrait: encaustic on limewood

Dimensions

Mummy: L. 169 cm (66 9/16 in.); W. 45 cm (17 11/16 in.); Panel as exposed: H. 38.1 cm (15 in.); W. 18 cm (7 1/16 in.);
height: 38.1centimetre;
width: 18centimetre;
width: 45centimetre

Technique

Language

Date

A.D. 80–100

Provenance

Rogers Fund, 1911

Style Period

Roman Period

Rights

Public Domain

Inscription

Location

BSAE excavations 1910-1911, Hawara, Fayum, Egypt

Source

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Subjects

Men; Portraits; Mummies

Topic

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Mummy with an Inserted Panel Portrait of a Youth, A.D. 80–100, Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public Domain.

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