Portrait of woman on a linen mummy shroud

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An image of Mummy trappings. Linen shroud. Portrait of woman, on linen mummy shroud. This would have been placed directly over the body of the deceased as an alternative to cartonnage. Production Place: Egypt. Painted linen, height 66 cm, length 44 cm, 200-300 AD. Roman Period.

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Mummy trappings. Linen shroud. Portrait of woman, on linen mummy shroud. This would have been placed directly over the body of the deceased as an alternative to cartonnage. Production Place: Egypt. Painted linen, height 66 cm, length 44 cm, 200-300 AD. Roman Period.

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Accession Number: E.GA.5.1943
Aperture: f/16.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Jaymes Sinclair
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 776 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 1.08MB
Exposure time: 1/15
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 16/1
Captured: 2015:06:17 11:43:19

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3rd Century AD Ancient Egypt antiquity Egyptian faces female Fitz_ANT funerary equipment hair hairstyle headdress linen long hair long haired mummification mummy mummy trappings mummy wrappings painted portraits Roman shroud woman

Portrait of woman on a linen mummy shroud

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