Painted plaster mask, Tuna El-Gabal, Severus Alexander (AD 222 – 235), 26 x 17 cm.

Religious or ceremonial portraits (Egyptian Graeco-Roman and Nubian Meroitic era)

Material:Plaster/Stucco/Paste |Type:Paintings/Drawings/Engravings |Countries:Egypt

  • Period

    Egyptian Graeco-Roman and Nubian Meroitic era (332 BC – AD 395)

  • Red List

    Emergency Red List – Egypt

Category

Religious or ceremonial portraits (Egyptian Graeco-Roman and Nubian Meroitic era)
Plaster funerary masks or painted wooden portraits, showing the head or the upper part of the body of the deceased with the hands placed on the chest. On the masks: jewels, crowns and garlands are employed as decorative motifs; eyes may be inlaid.
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