Image: Fayum-01
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Description: The Mummy-portrait is wax-tempera-made on wood. A young man in roman clothing. Hair and beard are made in the modern way this time. He belongs to the Greco-Roman upper-class in Roman Egypt. Early 3rd Century, or mid-2nd century AD (circa 140 AD), 37,5 cm high, Inv.-Nr. 15013. Found at Hawara in the Faiyum Oasis in 1892, now located in the Staatliche Antikensammlungen, Munich, Germany.
Title: Fayum-01
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Author: MatthiasKabel
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