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This is a funerary portrait from Roman Egypt. Note the elegant earrings and hairstyle of the deceased lady.

St. Catherine’s Sinai Monastery

Name: Roman-period Mummy Painting of a Noblewoman

Material: Encaustic on wood

Size:
Height: 44 cm (17 5/16 in)
Width: 28.7 cm (11 5/16 in)
Depth: 0.3 cm (1/8 in)

Date: ca. 150 CE

Place of Origin: Unknown

Location: Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York

Source and Registration#: Wikimedia Commons. Link to resource
Creative Commons Copyright
License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported. (accessed March 4, 2010).

Walter E. Kaegi

Professor of History, University of Chicago