Description

A mask of colored gypsum for a woman apparently in her thirties. The eyes are inlaid with a thin layer of glass over a base of gypsum, on which the iris are drawn in black. The back neck is covered by a piece of pink cloth that features sketches of the mummy. The mask features the face of its owner. A winged sun is above the mummy. This mask belongs to the third century when women had their wavy hair split at the middle and gathered at the back into a large circular bun. 

• Evaristo Breccia, Le musée Gréco-Romain, 1925-1931 (Bergamo: Instituto Italiano d’Arti Grafiche, 1932): 64, pl. LVI.
• عزيزة سعيد محمود، الأقنعة الجصية الملونة من مصر الرومانية، سلسلة الدراسات بالمتحف اليوناني الروماني‎ (القاهرة: مطابع الهيئة المصرية العامة للكتاب، 1981): 51.