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: H4634

: Egyptology

: coffin fitting

: cartonnage (mummy trappings)

: mummy-mask

: Roman mummy portrait. A rectangular piece of wood (with the top corners cut off), with a portrait painted on one side. It has a pale blue-grey background with the head and neck of a man. The man has red-brown skin anad dark hair including a goatee and long thin sideburns. The bottom third of the painting is damaged. It is mounted on a board.

On Display at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Egypt Gallery

: Hartland Collection

: Hawara, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

: grave of Horwoz

: AD 100 - 250

: Roman Period

: Given by Mrs A Hartland, 1938