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Mummy mask of a woman
A painted funerary covering made in Roman Egypt, combining modelled cartonnage with an idealised portrait.
- Recorded culture
- Roman Egypt
- Place
- Egypt
- Date
- 60–70 CE
- Materials
- Cartonnage, plaster, paint and fibre
What the record supports
The object was created for a mummy rather than a living performer. Its materials allowed a shaped, painted presence to be placed over the head of the deceased.