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Preferred term

Mummy portraits  

Definition

  • "Full-face portrait paintings placed on Egyptian mummies of the Roman period (2nd and 3rd centuries CE), most coming from Faiyum; usually in encaustic paint on panel." [AAT]

Synonym(s)

  • Egyptian mummy portraits
  • Faiyum portraits
  • Fayoum portraits
  • Fayum mummy portraits
  • Fayum portraits
  • Fayuum portraits
  • Fayyum portraits

Notation

  • 305690

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-Z3X2CN1Z-1

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