Mummy of Artemidora 90–100 Roman Period This mummy of a woman called Artemidora is lavishly equipped with appliqués and an elaborate funerary mask. The mask portrays a young woman lying flat as if upon her bier. Her hair is arranged in tiers of snail curls over her forehead. Alongside her face flows a black Egyptian-style wig, the long locks bound with narrow rings of gold in pharaonic fashion. She wears a Roman-style dark red tunic with black clavi (stripes) edged in gold. The jewelry includes snake bracelets and gold ball earrings. At the back of the head is a support decorated with ima
Mummy of Artemidora 90–100 Roman Period This mummy of a woman called Artemidora is lavishly equipped with appliqués and an elaborate funerary mask. The mask portrays a young woman lying flat as if upon her bier. Her hair is arranged in tiers of snail curls over her forehead. Alongside her face flows a black Egyptian-style wig, the long locks bound with narrow rings of gold in pharaonic fashion. She wears a Roman-style dark red tunic with black clavi (stripes) edged in gold. The jewelry includes snake bracelets and gold ball earrings. At the back of the head is a support decorated with imagery signifying rebirth, including a dark blue glass scarab beetle. Attached to the wrappings of the mummy are gold appliqué figures of the deities Osiris, Isis and the bottom of the foot is an image of the god Anubis bearing the disk of the moon. Set in a tabula ansata (tablet with handles in latin) above this is a conventional Greek funerary inscription, "Artemidora, daughter of Harpokras, died untimely, aged 27. Farewell." A rough estimate of her age based on radiographic images of the mummy confirms that she was an adult who never reached an old age. Listen to experts illuminate this artwork's story Listen Play or pause #3575. Mummy of Artemidora Play or pause #3694. Mummy of Artemidora Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies We're sorry, the transcript for this audio track is not available at this time. We are working to make it available as soon as Mummy of Artemidora. 90–100. Human remains, linen, mummification material, painted, plastered, and gilded cartonnage. Roman Period. From Egypt, Middle Egypt, Meir, Khashaba excavations, 1910–11
Size: 3811px × 2864px
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