Mummy-Mask

Date400-300 BC

MediumWood, gold leaf

DimensionsObject/Work: 300 x 227 x 100 mm

ClassificationsReligious/Ritual Equipment

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Object numberC00462

DescriptionPiece of mummy-mask. It would have been from the inner coffin of the mummy and was probably a likeness of the deceased. The face is gilded, with painted eyes, eyeborows, hair and beard. The deceased wears a brightly coloured headdress on top of which sits a winged sundisk, a symbol of rebirth in the afterlife.

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