Caption

Mummy mask, Round face modeled in stucco with large eyes, a wide nose, a mouth in a slight half-smile, no ears. Face height: 12 cm. Sarcophagus mask, height 12 cm, width 11.7 cm, weight 0.342 kg. 2nd century, Roman period, Egypt. Materials: stucco. Function: grave good; Egyptian art, masks, faces., A roughly circular, irregularly shaped pale object with a rough, textured surface showing areas of coarse and smoother plaster-like material; the surface has a variety of depressions, ridges, and small cavities and appears worn and crumbly in places; a small square patch of a slightly darker beige fabric-like material is affixed to one area; there are traces of a red pigment on the surface but no readable markings are described; the overall colors visible are shades of off-white, cream, beige, light gray, and touches of darker gray against a neutral medium-gray background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A01_088

License type

Rights managed

Available size

96.0Mb (3.8Mb) / 19.3in x 19.3in / 5792 x 5792 (300dpi)

Keywords

Mummy mask Round face modeled stucco large eyes wide nose mouth slight half-smile no ears Face height 12 cm Sarcophagus mask height 12 cm width 11.7 cm weight 0.342 kg 2nd century Roman period Egypt Materials Function grave good Egyptian art masks faces roughly circular irregularly shaped pale object rough textured surface showing areas coarse smoother plaster- material surface variety depressions ridges small cavities worn crumbly places small square patch slightly darker beige fabric- affixed area traces red pigment no readable markings described colors visible shades off-white cream beige light gray touches darker gray neutral medium-gray background.