Gallery of Fayum mummy portraits

Panel portrait of a girl, early third century (Staatliche Museen, Berlin).

Portait of a boy inscribed with his name, Eutyches, c. 100-150 CE (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York). Encaustic on limewood; 38 x 19 cm.

Portrait of a man, c. 125-150 CE (Antikensammlung, Munich). Encaustic on wood; 37 x 20 cm.

Portrait of a woman, c. 100-120 CE (British Museum, London). Encaustic on limewood; 38.2 x 20.5 cm.

Sources to be used:

• http://www.hp.uab.edu/image_archive/ule/ulel
• http://www.metmuseum.org/special/ancientfaces/faces_images
• http://www.ics.forth.gr/isl/fayum/ekthemata.htm
• http://www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/fayum
• http://www.casa.ucl.ac.uk/digital_egypt/hawara/portraits/
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