14A008
FEMALE MUMMY MASK
Roman Egypt, 1st-2nd century A.D.
Stucco, Height: 31 cm.; Width: 16.3 cm.

This very stylized head shows a woman with large eyes, well executed painted eyelashes, and raised eyebrows in fine detail, looking upward in an expression of spirituality. Her black hair is dressed in long corkscrew curls which appear to be hollow. On her head she wears a wreath of pink rose petals, made separately and applied. Most of the original polychrome decoration has survived.

For comparisons, see: G.D. Scott, Temple, Tomb and Dwelling (1992), no. 71; and D.L. Thompson, Mummy Portraits (1982), fig. 2.

An extremely attractive mask which may have resembled the deceased quite accurately.

Catalogue XIV

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