Roman Egyptian shroud mummy portrait fragment, 200 - 299 AD, Antinopolis. Louvre Museum E 12581. Mummy portrait of a man (tunic, shaved hair, pierce

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Roman Egyptian shroud mummy portrait fragment, 200 - 299 AD, Antinopolis. Louvre Museum E 12581. Mummy portrait of a man (tunic, shaved hair, pierced ears, ring, holding a cut garland of flowers); sign ankh; divinity (squatting). Cedar. Height: 51 cm; Width: 30 cm. Dennon room 183. Shrouds from the Roman period were more ornate than earlier ones in Egypt, and often replaced sarcophagi. Many shrouds from ayje necropolis of Antinopolis feature a composition that originated during Roman times.: a half length painted portrait of the deceased inside a chapel, wearing the Greek chiton and himation, apparently deified (as Osiris) and ready to be worshipped.

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Size: 4364px × 6000px
Location: Louvre Museum
Photo credit: © funkyfood London - Paul Williams / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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