2-580-487 - © CM Dixon/Heritage Images

Mask of a woman, from Egypt, Roman Period, c100-c120. The woman wears a yellow tunic, leaving her breasts exposed, a collar and a winged scarab beetle, and has a garland of rosebuds in her hair. On her sleeves are the protective wings of Isis and Nephthys, while images of other deities appear behind the woman's hair. She holds a sprig of leaves, perhaps myrtle. From the British Museum's collection. test