3-035-819 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Mummy Portrait of a Bearded Man, A.D. 220-235. Additional Info: The funerary portrait of this Romano-Egyptian bearded man is broken on both sides; the top and bottom edges are original. Portraits such as this were placed into funerary shrouds over the faces of the dead as part of the burial process. It was painted in encaustic (wax) pigment on a cedar of Lebanon wood panel; an import to Egypt, this type of wood was used in the construction of elite funerary and devotional equipment.