. Fayum mummy portrait. Portrait of a man in encaustic on limewood: the panel is fissured from the upper edge through the proper right ear. It has been cut on the right-hand side. The lower edge is unpainted. The greyish background is obscured above the head by marks of wrappings. The wax was melted after excavation and a thin layer of paraffin wax applied. Scanned and edited by Eloquence. 176 Fayum-06

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Size: 1605px × 3114px
Photo credit: © The Picture Art Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: ., /, /., edited, eloquence., scanned