Date:
Graeco-Roman Period, Roman Period, reign of Hadrian (117–138 CE)
Material(s):
Man made material, plaster
Description
A mask of gypsum for a man apparently in his thirties. The eyes are made of white opaque glass and the iris of black glass. This mask goes back to Hadrian’s era when men had their hair in short curls that look like a crown and started to appear bearded. The mask carries the features of an Asian man.
The information given here is subject to modification/update as a result of ongoing research.
References
- Mary McCrimmon, “Graeco-Egyptian Masks and Portraits in the Royal Ontario Museum”, American Journal of Archaeology 49, no. 1 (1945): 52-61.
- W. M. Flinders Petrie, Roman Portraits and Memphis (IV), Publications of the Egyptian Research Account. British School of Archaeology in Egypt 20 (London: School of Archaeology in Egypt. University College, 1911).
- محمود، عزيزة سعيد. الأقنعة الجصية الملونة من مصر الرومانية. سلسلة الدراسات بالمتحف اليوناني الروماني. القاهرة: مطابع الهيئة المصرية العامة للكتاب، 1981.