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Plaster face from a coffin or mummy case
Plaster face from a coffin or mummy case

Plaster face from a coffin or mummy case

1550–1070 B.C.
FindspotBuhen, Nubia (Egypt)
Medium/TechniquePlaster
DimensionsWidth (greatest) x Length: 7.5 x 8.5 cm (2 15/16 x 3 3/8 in.)
Credit LineMFA-University of Pennsylvania Exchange
Accession number1991.1157
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTomb equipment
ProvenanceFrom Buhen, tomb H 36. 1909-1910: excavated by the E.B. Coxe Expedition of the University of Pennsylvania; assigned to the University of Pennsylvania in the division of finds by the Sudanese government; 1910-1991: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology; 1991: received by the MFA through exchange with the University of Pennsylvania Museum.

(Accession date: March 25, 1992)
Mummy mask
Mummy mask
A.D. 98–117
Face from a mummy mask
Face from a mummy mask
1550–1295 B.C.
Face of a mummy mask or coffin
Face of a mummy mask or coffin
1550–1295 B.C.
Beard from a coffin or mask
Beard from a coffin or mask
1070–700 B.C.
Mask
Mask
Image Not Available for Model vessel
Model vessel
2040–1783 B.C.
Plaster mask of Nimaatra
Plaster mask of Nimaatra
2350–2194 B.C.
Plaster body covering
Plaster body covering
2465–2150 B.C.
Funerary mask
Funerary mask
about 1st–2nd century A.D.
Funerary mask of a woman
Funerary mask of a woman
mid-1st century A.D.
Mummy mask
Mummy mask
probably 1st century AD
Mask of an old woman
Mask of an old woman
about 2nd century A.D., A.D. 100–199