Date:
Graeco-Roman Period, Roman Period, first half of the second century CE
Material(s):
Man made material, plaster
Description
A mask of colored gypsum for a young woman. The eyes feature a slight squint and are inlaid with white rocks, in which middle lies a black rock that represents the iris. The tips of the eyelids are inlaid with blue glass material, and the eyebrows are painted in black. It might have belonged to a Syrian woman. According to the hairstyle, the mask belongs to the first half of the second century.
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): 85, n238, pl. XCIII, 3.
- عزيزة سعيد محمود، الأقنعة الجصية الملونة من مصر الرومانية، سلسلة الدراسات بالمتحف اليوناني الروماني (القاهرة: مطابع الهيئة المصرية العامة للكتاب، 1981): 48.