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Fayoum portrait

Fayoum portrait
© BA Antiquities Museum/C. Gerigk

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showcase 4

Fayoum portrait

Category:
  • Masks, funerary masks, Fayoum portraits
  • Tomb equipment, Fayoum portraits
Date:
Graeco-Roman Period, Roman Period (31 BCE-395 CE)
Provenance:
Upper Egypt, Beni Sueif, Abu Sir El-Malaq
Material(s):
Organic material, wood
Height:
40 cm
Hall:
In the Afterlife, showcase 4



The information given here is subject to modification/update as a result of ongoing research.

References
  • Mona Serry, ed., Bibliotheca Alexandrina: Antiquities Museum, introduction by Ismail Serageldin (Alexandria: Bibliotheca Alexandrina. Antiquities Museum, 2015): 97, 318.
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