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Mummy Wrapping Of Young Boy British Museum Mummy Wrap Ancient Eg Roman period. a.d. 100–150. on view at the met fifth avenue in gallery 138. the young teenage boy in this remarkably lifelike portrait looks calmly at the viewer, his head in three quarter view. he is dressed in a white roman tunic with a narrow purple clavus (a vertical stripe) over the right shoulder. a mantle is draped over the left shoulder. In the roman period, many mummies have small studs of gilded stucco (plaster) in the centre of each rhombic compartment.a fine portrait panel, known as a 'mummy portrait' has been inserted over the mummy's head. it is painted on wood, using the encaustic technique. the head and neck of the boy occupy the entire frame of the portrait.
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Mummy Wrapping Of A Young Boy Egypt Roman Period Mummy Wrap A number of mummy portraits represent youths with their first facial hair, a feature that had particular connotations in the greek educated society of roman egypt. the incipient moustache was both an indicator of the young man's entrance into important social groups and a signal that he was at the prime of sexual attractiveness and vigor. The portrait presents a moving, if not haunting, and lifelike image of the deceased. the subject here is a young boy with round, dark eyes, and dark hair combed close to the scalp. a wisp of hair behind the right earmay represent a sidelock of youth. he wears a white tunic and a gold amulet case suspended by a black cord. the gilded lips are rare. Mummy of an adolescent boy, name unknown. the body appears to have been wrapped when in an advanced state of decomposition: skull upper incisors and canines missing. no obvious fractures. body and limbs the ribs and spinal column are in a state of utter confusion. the humeri have been disarticulated and placed in positions to consolidate the the thorax. the disjointed radii and ulnae are. Mummy of a young adult man with wooden portrait panel in tempera. the portrait represents a beardless young man with curly black hair and thick eyebrows, dressed in a white tunic and mantle with a pink 'clavus' visible at the left. the painter has taken care to create shading effects on the skin, using individual brush strokes. the image appears to reflect the true age of the deceased. the.
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British Museum Image Gallery Mummy Wrapping Mummy Portrait Mummy of an adolescent boy, name unknown. the body appears to have been wrapped when in an advanced state of decomposition: skull upper incisors and canines missing. no obvious fractures. body and limbs the ribs and spinal column are in a state of utter confusion. the humeri have been disarticulated and placed in positions to consolidate the the thorax. the disjointed radii and ulnae are. Mummy of a young adult man with wooden portrait panel in tempera. the portrait represents a beardless young man with curly black hair and thick eyebrows, dressed in a white tunic and mantle with a pink 'clavus' visible at the left. the painter has taken care to create shading effects on the skin, using individual brush strokes. the image appears to reflect the true age of the deceased. the. Portrait of a young man in encaustic on limewood: a vertical fissure runs through the panel from top to bottom, with slighter splits on either side. the painting is otherwise well preserved. the background is creamy grey. the youth wears a creamy white tunic and mantle; a narrow mauve clavus appears on the proper right side of the tunic. the mantle is draped over both shoulders. the brush. Illustration. by osama shukir muhammed amin. published on 10 april 2016. subscribe to author. download full size image. the mummy is wrapped in a shroud on which is depicted a boy wearing a tunic, mantle and slippers, and holding a spring of myrtle. a wreath of rosebuds is worn on the head. the child was around the age of 7 to 10 years at the.
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Mummy Wrapping Of A Young Boy Portrait of a young man in encaustic on limewood: a vertical fissure runs through the panel from top to bottom, with slighter splits on either side. the painting is otherwise well preserved. the background is creamy grey. the youth wears a creamy white tunic and mantle; a narrow mauve clavus appears on the proper right side of the tunic. the mantle is draped over both shoulders. the brush. Illustration. by osama shukir muhammed amin. published on 10 april 2016. subscribe to author. download full size image. the mummy is wrapped in a shroud on which is depicted a boy wearing a tunic, mantle and slippers, and holding a spring of myrtle. a wreath of rosebuds is worn on the head. the child was around the age of 7 to 10 years at the.
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Mummy Wrapping Of A Young Boy