Mummy mask

Description

Mummy-mask with a gilded face, painted wearing a blue wig with an eye of Horus on the brow and large scarab on top of the head, from a complete cartonnage consisting of mask and three breast pieces: Ancient Egyptian, Tomb E422, Abydos, Upper Egypt, Ptolemaic Period, 200 - 30 BC

Museum reference

A.1912.157 C

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Mummy mask

Production information

Egypt, Northern Africa

Date

Ptolemaic Period

Style / Culture

Ptolemaic Period, Ancient Egyptian

Materials

Cartonnage, Gold

Collection place(s)

Abydos, Upper Egypt, Egypt, Northern Africa

Associations

Egypt Exploration Society
Excavator: Peet, Thomas Eric, 1882 - 1934

Exhibitions

• Ancient Egypt Rediscovered (08 Feb 2019)
  National Museum of Scotland

References

Peet, E.T. The Cemeteries of Abydos, Part II, pp. 24, 92, figs. 52-3, pls. 5.4-5, 38.14.

On display

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world cultures, ancient egypt rediscovered