Date:
Graeco-Roman Period, Roman Period, reign of Trajan (89–117 CE)
Material(s):
Man made material, plaster
Description
A mask of colored gypsum for a young girl. The eyes and eyebrows are painted in the Egyptian style, the ears are decorated with spherical earrings, and the mouth follows the Egyptian tradition. The facial features indicate that the mask belongs to an Egyptian woman, and the hairstyle indicates Trajan’s reign.
The information given here is subject to modification/update as a result of ongoing research.
References
- Giuseppe Botti, Catalogue des monuments exposés au Musée Gréco-Romain d’Alexandrie (Alexandria: Imprimerie Générale A. Mourès, 1901): 136, no. 2355.
- Campbell Cowan Edgar, Graeco-Egyptian Coffins: Masks and Portraits, Catalogue Général des Antiquités égyptiennes du Musée du Caire 26 (Cairo: Imprimerie de l’Institut français d’archéologie orientale, 1905).
- Günther Grimm, Die Römischen Mumienmasken aus Ägypten (Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, 1974).
- Klaus Parlasca, Achille Adriani and Hans G Frenz, Repertorio d’Arte dell’Egitto Greco-romano, Series B 4. Ritratti di mummie (Palermo: Fondazione "Ignazio Mormino" del Banco di Sicilia, 1969).
- عزيزة سعيد محمود، الأقنعة الجصية الملونة من مصر الرومانية، سلسلة الدراسات بالمتحف اليوناني الروماني (القاهرة: مطابع الهيئة المصرية العامة للكتاب، 1981): 38.