Date:
Graeco-Roman Period, Roman Period, reign of Nero (68–69 CE)
Provenance:
Unknown (purchased by the Graeco-Roman Museum in March 1926)
Material(s):
Man made material, plaster
Description
A mask of colored gypsum for a woman apparently in her thirties. The hair is done into tight spiral curls around the forehead followed by another row of bigger curls and topped by a garland, a typical funerary feature. According to the hairstyle, this mask belongs to Nero’s reign when they started doing hair in one large bun.
The information given here is subject to modification/update as a result of ongoing research.
References
- Günther Grimm, Die Römischen Mumienmasken aus Ägypten (Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, 1974).
- عزيزة سعيد محمود، الأقنعة الجصية الملونة من مصر الرومانية، سلسلة الدراسات بالمتحف اليوناني الروماني (القاهرة: مطابع الهيئة المصرية العامة للكتاب، 1981): 29.