Cartonnage Burial Portrait, mask
1912.01.0004
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Basic Information
| Artifact Identification | Cartonnage Burial Portrait, mask (1912.01.0004) |
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| Classification/ Nomenclature |
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| Artist/Maker | None |
| Geographic Location | |
| Period/Date | Ptolemaic?, 305 – 30 BCE |
| Culture | Egyptian |
Physical Analysis
| Dimension 1 (Height) | 43.5 cm |
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| Dimension 2 (Width) | 27.0 cm |
| Dimension 3 (Depth) | 22.0 cm |
| Weight | 966 g |
| Measuring Remarks | Measurements do not include the stand. The weight includes the stand. |
| Materials | Textile--Linen, Plant--Flax, Plant--Fiber, Plaster, Pigment--Paint |
| Manufacturing Processes | Weaving, Painting |
| Munsell Color Information | Dark Gray (N 2.75/ 5.5%R ) -ns Moderate Yellow ( 2.5Y 7/8) -ns |
Research Remarks
| Published Description | N/A |
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| Description | N/A |
| Comparanda | N/A |
| Bibliography | James, T.G.H. Excavating in Egypt: The Egypt Exploration Society 1882-1982. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1982. "This mummy is for real," Heritage 1/2 (May 1982), p. 3. Photo found in World Heritage Museum Publication, 0000P.0111. Catalogue of Exhibition of Antiquities found by the Officers of the Egypt Exploration Fund at Abydos and Atfieh exhibited at King’s College, Strand, Egypt Exploration Fund, 1912. Oswego Daily Times, Saturday Evening, September 28, 1912, p.3. CASSIER, Charlene, “Fouilles a Atfieh au debut du XXe siècle”, ENIM 4, 2011, p. 273-290. JOHNSON, John de M., “Excavations at Atfieh”, ArchRep 1910-1911, Egypt Exploration Fund, London, 1911, p.5-13. JOHNSON, John de M., “Excavations at Atfieh, etc.”, ArchRep 1911-1912, Egypt Exploration Fund, London, 1912, p.12-16. Archives: - Letter from William G. Hibbard to “K.J.J.”, October 12, 1912. - Correspondence between the Egypt Exploration Society and the University of Illinois, September-December 1912. - Correspondence between Pauline Parent and Charlene Cassier, March 2014. |
Artifact History
| Archaeological Data | N/A |
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| Credit Line/Dedication | Egypt Exploration Society |
| Reproduction | no |
| Reproduction Information | N/A |