Funerary mask of a woman
mid-1st century A.D.
Medium/TechniquePlaster
DimensionsHeight x width: 24.5 x 17 cm (9 5/8 x 6 11/16 in.)
Credit LineMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston—Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Exchange
Accession number54.638
On View
Not on viewClassificationsTomb equipment
ProvenanceBy 1900: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (purchased in Middle Egypt); 1952: lent to the MFA by the Metropolitan Museum of Art; 1954: received by the MFA through exchange with the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
2350–2194 B.C.
2465–2150 B.C.
about 1st–2nd century A.D.
probably 1st century AD
1550–1070 B.C.
about 2nd century A.D., A.D. 100–199
A.D. 101–200
A.D. 98–117