Mummy mask of a child

Classification

mummy mask, funerary mask ; tomb equipment

Culture

Egyptian (culture)

Dimensions

37.8 x 23 x 23 cm

Date

Late Ptolemaic Period – Early Roman Period (1st century B.C.)

Period

Ptolemaic period (323–30); Roman Imperial Period (Egypt, 30 B.C. – 395 A.D.)

Material

cartonnage

Iconography

wig ; ribbon ; solar disk ; winged scarab ; Osiris ; atef crown ; chair/throne ; mummy ; geometric pattern ; udjat eye ; rosette

Production place

Egypt

Findspot

Fayyum Oasis?

Present location

Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Egyptian Art

Provenance

Platz, Bonifác (1848–1919)

Inventory

51.247

ID

Hyp-2799

References

Kóthay–Liptay, Egyiptomi Gyűjtemény, 148; Nagy, I., Egyiptomi Gyűjtemény, 69–70; Nagy, I., Egyptian Collection, 71–72; Kóthay–Liptay, Egyptian Artefacts, 152

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This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.