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Mummy mask

50 B.C.–50 A.D.
FindspotFayum, Egypt
Country of Origin, for CustomsEgypt
Medium/TechniqueGilded and painted cartonnage
DimensionsOverall: 47 x 28 x 21.5cm (18 1/2 x 11 x 8 7/16in.)
Credit LineEgypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession number02.827
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTomb equipment
ProvenanceFrom the Fayum. 1902: excavated by the Egypt Exploration Fund; given to the MFA by the Egypt Exploration Fund.
Mummy mask
A.D. 1–50
Mummy mask
late 1st century B.C. to early 1st century A.D.
Mummy foot case
A.D. 100–199
Head end from an anthropoid coffin
1991–1783 B.C., or later
Mummy trappings
305–30 B.C.