Fragment of a stucco mask; upper part of a sarcophagus mask showing forehead, eyes and nose. Sarcophagus mask, stucco, height 8.8 cm, width 8.9 cm. 2nd century, Roman period, Egypt., A roughly triangular, weathered stone fragment with a textured, pitted surface appears against a flat gray background; the stone shows a palette of beige, tan, light brown, and specks of darker brown and black, with areas of lighter off-white highlights; the shape suggests shallow carved depressions resembling eye sockets and a raised central ridge resembling a nose, with irregular edges, small cracks, and rough granular detail across the surface.
Caption

Fragment of a stucco mask; upper part of a sarcophagus mask showing forehead, eyes and nose. Sarcophagus mask, stucco, height 8.8 cm, width 8.9 cm. 2nd century, Roman period, Egypt., A roughly triangular, weathered stone fragment with a textured, pitted surface appears against a flat gray background; the stone shows a palette of beige, tan, light brown, and specks of darker brown and black, with areas of lighter off-white highlights; the shape suggests shallow carved depressions resembling eye sockets and a raised central ridge resembling a nose, with irregular edges, small cracks, and rough granular detail across the surface.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A19_313

License type

Rights managed

Available size

38.1Mb (1.7Mb) / 12.2in x 12.2in / 3647 x 3647 (300dpi)

Keywords

Fragment stucco mask upper part sarcophagus mask showing forehead eyes nose Sarcophagus mask stucco height 8.8 cm width 8.9 cm 2nd century Roman period Egypt roughly triangular weathered stone fragment textured pitted surface flat gray background stone palette beige tan light brown specks darker brown black areas lighter off-white highlights shape shallow carved depressions resembling eye sockets raised central ridge resembling irregular edges small cracks rough granular detail across surface.

Please log in to download the high resolution file