Ancient Egyptian faience bead funerary mummy mask: Circa 4th-1st century B.C.
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Ancient Egyptian faience bead funerary mummy mask: Circa 4th-1st century B.C.:
$306.02
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Description
Ancient Egyptian faience funerary mask.
A mask representing the goddess Hathor, made of more than a thousand Ancient Egyptian small faience ancient beads in colors of crimson, yellow, black, white, turquoise and green cream. As is common, the beads have been restrung (as the ancient fibres did not survive the test of time sufficiently to carry the weight of the beads) into original configuration to reveal a beautiful and vibrant face.
Dimensions 13.7 x 10.7 cms (5.4 x 4.2 ins):
Ptolemaic period: Circa 4th-1st century B.C.
The mask, representing the face of the deceased, would have been attached to the wrappings of the mummy over the facial area to depict the deceased wearing the beard of Osiris, a symbol of his/her hope for reincarnation.
For an illustration see Piotr Bienkowski - Angela Tooley, Gifts of The Nile. Ancient Egyptian Arts and Crafts in Liverpool Museum (Liverpool, 1995) p. 68, pl. 103 (Liverpool Museum, inventory number 17.6.20.60, which is also accessible online via the Global Egyptian Museum website).
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Ancient Egyptian faience bead funerary mummy mask: Circa 4th-1st century B.C.:
$306.02