Greco-Roman mummy portraits

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Greco-Roman mummy portraits are realistic painted likenesses from Roman Egypt, typically created on wooden panels and attached to mummies, blending Egyptian funerary traditions with Greco-Roman artistic styles.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman Egyptian art
archaeological artifact
funerary art
portrait painting
alsoKnownAs Fayum mummy portraits
currentLocation British Museum
Egyptian Museum in Cairo
linked to: Egyptian Museum

Louvre Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art
depicts bust-length portraits
children
individual likenesses
men
women
discoveredIn 19th century excavations
hasArtisticStyle Egyptian funerary tradition
Greco-Roman
linked to: Greco-Roman art

Hellenistic
hasCulturalContext Egypt under Roman rule
Roman Empire
hasFeature Roman clothing styles
elaborate hairstyles
frontal pose
high degree of naturalism
individualized facial features
jewelry depiction
large expressive eyes
use of light and shadow modeling
hasGeographicLocation Antinoopolis
Fayum region
linked to: Faiyum Oasis

Hawara
Roman Egypt
hasTimePeriod 1st century CE
2nd century CE
3rd century CE
influenced later Western portrait traditions
influencedBy Classical Greek portraiture
Egyptian funerary iconography
Hellenistic painting traditions
integratedWith cartonnage elements
mummy wrappings
notableExcavator Flinders Petrie
typicalMedium encaustic paint
tempera paint
typicalSupport linen shroud
wooden panel
usedFor commemoration of the dead
funerary ritual
mummy decoration

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Akhmim hasNotableFind Greco-Roman mummy portraits
Hawara associatedWith Faiyum mummy portraits
linked to: Greco-Roman mummy portraits
Greco-Roman mummy portraits alsoKnownAs Fayum mummy portraits
linked to: Greco-Roman mummy portraits
Fayum Depression knownFor Fayum mummy portraits
linked to: Greco-Roman mummy portraits