Mummy mask

Description

Mummy-mask of gilded and painted cartonnage, from an unidentified mummified person : Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, possibly Abydos or Faiyum, Ptolemaic Period, c. 323 - 30 BC

Museum reference

A.1902.306.29

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Mummy mask

Production information

Egypt, Northern Africa

Date

323 - 30 BC

Style / Culture

Ptolemaic Period, Ancient Egyptian

Materials

Cartonnage

Collection place(s)

Abydos, Upper Egypt, Egypt, Northern Africa
Faiyum, Middle Egypt, Egypt, Northern Africa

Associations

Depicted: Osiris

References

WARD, E 1912. Guide to the Collection of Egyptian Antiquities (Edinburgh: His Majesty’s Stationery Office) : 31, pl. IX

GRIMM, G 1974. Die römische Mumienmasken aus Ägypten (Wiesbaden: Frank Steiner): 45 n.6, 126

Manley, B and Dodson, A., (2010) Life Everlasting. National Museums Scotland Collection of Ancient Egyptian Coffins (Edinburgh: NMS Enterprises Ltd.), Cat. 40, p. 111