Mummy and Portrait of Demetrios
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Caption
Mummy and Portrait of Demetrios, 95–100 C.E.. Painted cloth, gold, human remains, wood, encaustic, gold leaf, 13 3/8 x 15 3/8 x 74 13/16 in., 130 lb. (34 x 39 x 190 cm, 58.97kg) portrait: 14 11/16 x 8 1/16 x 1/16 in. (37.3 x 20.5 x 0.2 cm) Display: 19 x 28 x 86 1/4 in., 197.5 lb. (48.3 x 71.1 x 219.1 cm, 89.59kg) 18 3/8 x 14 x 76 in., 130 lb. (46.7 x 35.6 x 193 cm, 58.97kg). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 11.600. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 11.600a_PS1.jpg)
Gallery
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Gallery
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Title
Mummy and Portrait of Demetrios
Date
95–100 C.E.
Period
Roman Period
Geography
Place excavated: Hawara, Egypt
Medium
Painted cloth, gold, human remains, wood, encaustic, gold leaf
Classification
Dimensions
13 3/8 x 15 3/8 x 74 13/16 in., 130 lb. (34 x 39 x 190 cm, 58.97kg) portrait: 14 11/16 x 8 1/16 x 1/16 in. (37.3 x 20.5 x 0.2 cm) Display: 19 x 28 x 86 1/4 in., 197.5 lb. (48.3 x 71.1 x 219.1 cm, 89.59kg) 18 3/8 x 14 x 76 in., 130 lb. (46.7 x 35.6 x 193 cm, 58.97kg)
Inscriptions
Demetris. 59 years.
Credit Line
Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
Accession Number
11.600
Rights
Creative Commons-BY
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