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Fragment of a mortuary covering

Fragment of a mortuary covering
 Ptolemaic Period – Roman Period 332 BCE-395 CE

Medium
cartonnage and painted gesso
Measurements
23.5 × 18.0 × 4.5 cm irreg.
Place/s of Execution
Egypt
Accession Number
15B-D1A
Department
Antiquities
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by James E. Sherrard Esq., 1881
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display
Physical description
An extremely fragile fragment of the head from an anthropoid coffin. The cartonnage is quite buckled down the left hand side. The facial features are modelled and the face painted red with the eyes picked out in black and white.