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Description
Fayum mummy portraits
Medium encaustic painting on wood
institution QS:P195,Q254156
Accession number
17900
Object history
Notes
    • English: Fayum mummy portrait. The single specimen of Gayet's mummy portraits from Antinoopolis for which information on its archaeological context is available. The heavily gilt portrait was found in winter 1905/06 and sold to Berlin in 1907. Berlin, Egyptian Museum.
    • Deutsch: im Winter 1906/07von A. Gayet in Antinoopolis gefundenes Mumienporträt, einziges von Gayet gefundenes Porträt, über dessen Fundumstände etwas bekannt ist, im Dezember 1907 an die Berliner Museen verkauft, dicke Goldauflage, die nur Platz für das Porträt freiläßt, Inv.-Nr. Berlin 17900
Source/Photographer Self-scanned by Eloquence (talk · contribs), November 2004

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Heavily gilt mummy portrait, found in Antinoöpolis in 1905/06 by French Archaeologist Alfred Gayet. Egyptian Museum of Berlin

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