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Mummy Portrait

Head of a young boy. He wears a white drapery, chiton with narrow purple stripe on right side and himation drawn over the left shoulder. His head is encircled by a gilded wreath.

The portrait has probably had an octagonal frame.

Graeco-Roman, from Fayoum.

CG 33260

Upper floor, room 14.

 

Cairo Museum

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Uploaded on August 6, 2016
Taken on April 16, 2016