User:ArchaiOptix/mummy portraits

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Old Satyr Marsyas with ivy wreath

About me:
I am teaching Classics (Ancient Greek and Latin), Theology, modern Greek and Italian. I am particularly interested in Archaeology and History of Ancient Art. One of my other hobbies is photography. Combining these two hobbies I take lots of pictures in museums and archaeological sites and catalogue the photos according to the scientific literature.

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Under the relevant categories (of museums and artists) and more systematically on this user page I share a selection of my photos of ancient art.
The site is under construction since January 2020.
I thank all directors of museums who permit photography of the exhibits for private, educational, scientific, non-commercial purposes, thus spreading the knowledge of their treasures in a wider public. I hope that my photos published on wikimedia commons act also as an incentive to visit these museums and admire the works of art directly. Therefore editing the photos I refrain from replacing the background, so that the objects can be seen as displayed in the museum. If you intend to use one of my photos for commercial aims, I would recommend you to contact the museum.

The structure of this picture gallery:
material / object category
→ findspot (from Northern to Southern Egypt)
→→ artistic epoch / date
→→→ sex and age of the depicted person

Transcription of the letters in Greek inscriptions
Epsilon = E
Eta (if written as H) = E_
Theta = TH
Xi = X
Omikron = O
Ypsilon = Y / U in diphthongs
Phi = PH
Chi = CH
Psi = PS
Omega = O_
Spiritus asper (if written as H) = H
Spiritus asper (if written as superscript c: rarely!) = c

mummy portraits

(and related types of portrait painting from Roman Egypt)
The bibliography in the description notes only the literature and internet site most relevant for the categorization.
The dating of many mummy portraits is still highly controversial. Wherever possible I follow the dating proposed by Barbara Borg, based mainly on the analysis of the hairstyle, in her monography Mumienporträts. Chronologie und kultureller Kontext, Mainz 1996.
There are some attempts to attribute groups of portraits to specific artists or workshops, but the small number of pictures in this gallery cannot illustrate these relations. Scientists have suggested, that completely different styles of painting could coexist at the same place during the same period of time.

encaustic painting on wood panel

Egypt (findspot unknown)

claudian

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  Mummy portrait of a young woman named Eirene from Egypt - Stuttgart LMW AS 7-2 (01)
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  Mummy portrait of a young woman named Eirene from Egypt - Stuttgart LMW AS 7-2 (02)
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  Mummy portrait of a young woman from Egypt - Stuttgart LMW AS 7-5
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  Mummy portrait of an elderly man from Egypt - Stuttgart LMW AS 7-3 (01)
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  Mummy portrait of an elderly man from Egypt - Stuttgart LMW AS 7-3 (02)

hadrianic

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  Mummy portrait of a woman from Egypt - Stuttgart LMW AS 7-6 (01)
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  Mummy portrait of a woman from Egypt - Stuttgart LMW AS 7-6 (02)

early antonine

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  Mummy portrait of a woman from Egypt - Karlsruhe BLM H 1166

antonine

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  Mummy portrait of a boy from Egypt - Stuttgart LMW AS 7-4

late antonine / early severan

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  Mummy portrait of a bearded man from Egypt - Tübingen MUT 7517

Philadelphia / Kerke / er-Rubayat

neronian

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  Mummy portrait of a woman from er-Rubayat - Berlin AS 31161-1
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  Mummy portrait of a elderly man from er-Rubayat - Berlin AS 31161-19

trajanic

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  Mummy portrait of a young woman from er-Rubayat - Berlin AS 31161-27 (01)
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  Mummy portrait of a young woman from er-Rubayat - Berlin AS 31161-27 (02)
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  Mummy portrait of a young man from er-Rubayat - København NCG AEIN 680

hadrianic

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  Mummy portrait of a young woman from er-Rubayat - Berlin AS 31161-11 (01)
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  Mummy portrait of a young woman from er-Rubayat - Berlin AS 31161-11 (02)
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  Mummy portrait of a woman from er-Rubayat - Wien KHM AS X 297
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  Mummy portrait of a woman from er-Rubayat - Berlin AS 31161-9 (01)
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  Mummy portrait of a woman from er-Rubayat - Berlin AS 31161-9 (02)
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  Mummy portrait of a woman from er-Rubayat - København NCG AEIN 683
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  Mummy portrait of an elderly woman from er-Rubayat - Berlin AS 31161-10
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  Mummy portrait of a soldier from er-Rubayat - Berlin AS 31161-6
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  Mummy portrait of a soldier from er-Rubayat - Berlin AS 31161-2
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  Mummy portrait of a bearded man from er-Rubayat - München SMAEK 5 - 01
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  Mummy portrait of a bearded man from er-Rubayat - München SMAEK 5 - 02
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  Mummy portrait of a bearded man from er-Rubayat - München SMAEK 5 - 03
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  Mummy portrait of a soldier from er-Rubayat - Berlin AS 31161-3 (01)
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  Mummy portrait of a soldier from er-Rubayat - Berlin AS 31161-3 (02)
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  Mummy portrait of a bearded young man from er-Rubayat - Berlin AS 31161-8 (01)
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  Mummy portrait of a bearded young man from er-Rubayat - Berlin AS 31161-8 (02)
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  Mummy portrait of a bearded young man from er-Rubayat - Berlin AS 31161-8 (03)
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  Mummy portrait of a bearded man from er-Rubayat - København NCG AEIN 684
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  Mummy portrait of an elderly man from er-Rubayat - Berlin AS 31161-15

antonine

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  Mummy portrait of a girl from er-Rubayat - København NCG AEIN 682
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  Mummy portrait of a woman from er-Rubayat - Berlin AS 31161-7 (01)
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  Mummy portrait of a woman from er-Rubayat - Berlin AS 31161-7 (02)
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  Mummy portrait of a boy from er-Rubayat - Berlin AS 31161-23
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  Mummy portrait of a boy from er-Rubayat - Berlin AS 31161-4
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  Mummy portrait of a bearded young man from er-Rubayat - København NCG AEIN 681
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  Mummy portrait of a bearded young man from er-Rubayat - München SMÄK 4 - 01
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  Mummy portrait of a bearded young man from er-Rubayat - München SMÄK 4 - 02
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  Mummy portrait of a bearded young man from er-Rubayat - München SMÄK 4 - 03

late antonine

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  Mummy portrait of a woman from er-Rubayat - Wien KHM AS X 301 - 01
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  Mummy portrait of a woman from er-Rubayat - Wien KHM AS X 301 - 02
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  Mummy portrait of a bearded man from er-Rubayat - Berlin AS 31161-5 (01)
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  Mummy portrait of a bearded man from er-Rubayat - Berlin AS 31161-5 (02)

late antonine / early severan

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  Mummy portrait of a bearded man from er-Rubayat - Wien KHM AS V 1983 - 01
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  Mummy portrait of a bearded man from er-Rubayat - Wien KHM AS V 1983 - 02
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  Mummy portrait of a woman from er-Rubayat - Berlin AS 31161-34 (01)
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  Mummy portrait of a woman from er-Rubayat - Berlin AS 31161-34 (02)
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  Mummy portrait of a woman from er-Rubayat - Berlin AS 31161-34 (03)
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  Mummy portrait of a boy from er-Rubayat - Berlin AS 31161-41

severan

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  Mummy portrait of a beardless man from er-Rubayat - Wien KHM AS X 442 - 01
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  Mummy portrait of a beardless man from er-Rubayat - Wien KHM AS X 442 - 02

Tanis / Manashin-Shaneh

late severan

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  Mummy portrait of a young man from Tanis - Oxfod AM AN 1896-1908-E-3755

Arsinoe / Hawara

neronian

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  Mummy portrait of a woman from Hawara - London BM 1994-0521-11

flavian

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  Mummy portrait of a girl from Hawara - München SMAEK 1307 - 01
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  Mummy portrait of a girl from Hawara - München SMAEK 1307 - 02
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  Mummy portrait of a girl from Hawara - München SMAEK 1307 - 03
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  Mummy portrait of a girl from Hawara - München SMAEK 1307 - 04
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  Mummy portrait of a girl from Hawara - München SMAEK 1307 - 05
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  Mummy portrait of a girl from Hawara - München SMAEK 1307 - 06
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  Mummy portrait of a woman from Hawara - Berlin ÄM 10974 01
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  Mummy portrait of a woman from Hawara - Berlin ÄM 10974 02

trajanic

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  Mummy portrait of a young man from Hawara - København NCG AEIN 1473
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  Mummy portrait of Artemidoros from Hawara - London BM 1888-0806-8 - 01
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  Mummy portrait of Artemidoros from Hawara - London BM 1888-0806-8 - 02
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  Mummy portrait of Artemidoros from Hawara - London BM 1888-0806-8 - 03
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  Mummy portrait of Artemidoros from Hawara - London BM 1888-0806-8 - 04
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  Mummy portrait of Artemidoros from Hawara - London BM 1888-0806-8 - 05
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  Mummy portrait of Artemidoros from Hawara - London BM 1888-0806-8 - 06
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  Mummy portrait of Artemidoros from Hawara - London BM 1888-0806-8 - 07

hadrianic

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  Mummy portrait of a young woman from Hawara - München SMAEK 2972 - 01
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  Mummy portrait of a young woman from Hawara - München SMAEK 2972 - 02
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  Mummy portrait of a young woman from Hawara - München SMAEK 2972 - 03
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  Mummy portrait of a woman from Hawara - Oxfod AM AN 1911-354
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  Mummy portrait of a bearded young man from Hawara - München AS 15013 01
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  Mummy portrait of a bearded young man from Hawara - München AS 15013 02
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  Mummy portrait of a bearded young man from Hawara - München AS 15013 03
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  Mummy portrait of a bearded young man from Hawara - München AS 15013 04

antonine

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  Mummy portrait of a bearded man from Hawara - Cambridge FWM E.2.1888 01
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  Mummy portrait of a bearded man from Hawara - Cambridge FWM E.2.1888 02

Ankyronpolis / El-Hibeh

late antonine

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  Mummy portrait of a bearded man from El-Hibeh - Cambridge FWM E.63.1903

tempera painting on wood panel

Egypt (findspot unknown)

hadrianic

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  Mummy portrait of a woman from Egypt - Berlin ÄM 22606

Memphis / Saqqara

early antonine

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  Mummy portrait of a woman from Thebes - Firenze MAN 2411 - 01
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  Mummy portrait of a woman from Thebes - Firenze MAN 2411 - 02

Philadelphia / er-Rubayat

hadrianic

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  Mummy portrait of a woman from er-Rubayat - Wien KHM AS X 302 - 01
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  Mummy portrait of a woman from er-Rubayat - Wien KHM AS X 302 - 02
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  Mummy portrait of an elderly bearded man from er-Rubayat - Wien KHM AS X 300 - 01
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  Mummy portrait of an elderly bearded man from er-Rubayat - Wien KHM AS X 300 - 02

early antonine

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  Mummy portrait of young man from er-Rubayat - Wien KHM AS X 303 - 01
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  Mummy portrait of young man from er-Rubayat - Wien KHM AS X 303 - 02
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  Mummy portrait of a young man from er-Rubayat - Wien KHM AS X 432 - 01
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  Mummy portrait of a young man from er-Rubayat - Wien KHM AS X 432 - 02

late antonine / severan

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  Mummy portrait of an elderly woman from er-Rubayat - London BM 1890-0921-1

severan

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  Mummy portrait of a woman from er-Rubayat - München SMAEK 1 - 01
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  Mummy portrait of a woman from er-Rubayat - München SMAEK 1 - 02
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  Mummy portrait of a woman from er-Rubayat - München SMAEK 1 - 03
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  Mummy portrait of a woman from er-Rubayat - München SMAEK 1 - 04
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  Mummy portrait of a woman from er-Rubayat - München SMAEK 1 - 05

first half of third century AD

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  Mummy portrait of a bearded elderly man from er-Rubayat - München SMAEK 3 - 01
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  Mummy portrait of a bearded elderly man from er-Rubayat - München SMAEK 3 - 02

tempera painting on linen fixed on wood panel

Philadelphia / er-Rubayat

constantinian

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  Mummy portrait of a woman wearing golden myrtle wreath from er-Rubayat - München SMÄK 2 - 01
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  Mummy portrait of a woman wearing golden myrtle wreath from er-Rubayat - München SMÄK 2 - 02
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  Mummy portrait of a woman wearing golden myrtle wreath from er-Rubayat - München SMÄK 2 - 03

encaustic painting on linen (piece of fabric or complete shroud)

Egypt (findspot unknown)

trajanic / hadrianic

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  Mummy portrait of a man from Egypt - Berlin AS 1970.8

Arsinoe / Hawara

late julio-claudian / early flavian

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  Mummy portrait of a man from Hawara - København NCG AEIN 1425 (01)
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  Mummy portrait of a man from Hawara - København NCG AEIN 1425 (02)
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  Mummy portrait of a man from Hawara - København NCG AEIN 1425 (03)
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  Mummy portrait of a man from Hawara - København NCG AEIN 1425 (04)
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  Mummy portrait of a man from Hawara - København NCG AEIN 1425 (05)
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  Mummy portrait of a man from Hawara - København NCG AEIN 1425 (06)

tempera painting on linen (piece of fabric or complete shroud)

Egypt (findspot unknown)

late severan

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  Mummy portrait of a boy from Egypt - London BM EA 6715 - 01
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  Mummy portrait of a boy from Egypt - London BM EA 6715 - 02

Memphis / Saqqara

claudian

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  Mummy portrait of a woman between Osiris and Anubis from Hawara - Berlin ÄM 11652
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  Mummy portrait of a woman between Osiris and Anubis from Hawara - Berlin ÄM 11653

Arsinoe / Hawara

trajanic

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  Mummy portrait of a woman from Hawara - Berlin ÄM 11411