Title

A Fayum portrait of Aline, also known as Ténos, 1st century. Artist: Unknown

Caption

A Fayum Portrait of Aline, also known as Ténos, 1st century. Fayum are personalised mummy portraits that were produced in Egypt during the Roman period, from the 1st to the 3rd century. They are encaustic paintings, made with hot, pigmented wax on wooden panels, which were inserted into the mummy of the deceased person.

Date

1th century

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B98_092

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,1Mb (1,9Mb) / 11,4in x 17,0in / 3428 x 5109 (300dpi)

Keywords

female women woman people face arts country Egypt body art color colour Egyptian death necklace jewellery jewelry location century burial earrings earring lady artefact concept mummy artifact funerary Ancient Egyptian Art Media 1st century 2nd century 3rd century Roman period the body Fayum portrait Unknown