Plaster coffin fragments: E.14.1911

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Titles

Plaster coffin fragments

Entities

Coffin

Description

Head from mummy case, male. These faces formed the top section of a type of coffin that was poplar in Roman Egypt. The facial features and hairstyles of the examples here seem individual. However, such masks were mass produced by pouring plaster in moulds.

Measurements and weight

Height: 0.22 m

Find spot

Egypt

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1911) by Green, F. W.

Dating

Roman
100 - 150

Materials used in production

Plaster

Techniques used in production

Mould made

Identification numbers

Accession number: E.14.1911
Primary reference Number: 51244
Oldadmincategory: Misc
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 6 April 2016

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Antiquities

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