2-668-791 - © Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford/Heritage Images

Mummy portrait painted in encaustic on a wooden panel: a young woman with hairstyle, jewellery and clothing fashionable about 100-120, 2nd century. Portrait painted in encaustic on thin panel, showing young woman, black hair dressed in curls above forehead, brown eyes, pinkish/white face with red lips, wearing hoop earrings of gold beads and pearls, and gold necklet with small rectangular pendant. Dimensions: height: 33 cmwidth: 23.5 cm