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Painted wooden mummy portrait of Didyma: E.5.1981

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Painted wooden mummy portrait of Didyma

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Description

Female mummy portrait, painted. This portrait is painted in encaustic and tempera on sycamore wood. An inscription in Greek indicates that the owner of this portrait was a girl named 'Didyma' who was seven years of age when she died. The shape of the panel is typical of those from Antinoopolis.

Measurements and weight

Depth: 1.5 cm
Height: 34.8 cm
Width: 19.2 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1981) by Cook, Phyllis M.

Dating

Roman
180 CE - 200 CE

Materials used in production

Wood

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Identification numbers

Accession number: E.5.1981
Primary reference Number: 63185

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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 18 July 2025

Associated departments & institutions

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

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