File:Fayum portrait BM EA 65346.jpg

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Detail of the death portrait of a wealthy woman, painted between 160-170 AD near the modern-day town of Er-Rubayat in the Fayum.

This detail was obtained from the web, but the full portrait is reproduced beautifully in The mysterious Fayum portraits: faces from ancient Egypt by Euphrosyne Doxiadis (1995) H. N. Abrams, plate 21.
institution QS:P195,Q6373
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EA 65346
Notes acquired in 1939, bequest of Sir Robert Mond).
Source/Photographer http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=152631&partId=1&object=21468&page=1

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21:48, 6 September 2006Thumbnail for version as of 21:48, 6 September 2006408 × 603 (32 KB)WillowW (talk | contribs)Detail of the death portrait of a wealthy woman, painted between 160-170 AD near the modern-day town of Er-Rubayat in the Fayum. This detail was obtained from the web, but the full portrait is reproduced beautifully in ''The mysterious Fayum portraits: f

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