Lid from a Sarcophagus
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
Poorer people modeled mummy masks from clay. This clay mask is painted yellow to imitate gold, while the eyes are painted white with blue outlines to imitate inlay. The wealthy could afford gilded mummy masks.
MEDIUM
Terracotta, pigment
DATES
ca. 1292–1075 B.C.E.
DYNASTY
Dynasty 19 to Dynasty 20
PERIOD
New Kingdom, Ramesside Period
DIMENSIONS
24 x 17 x 8 1/2 in., 40 lb. (61 x 43.2 x 21.6 cm, 18.14kg)
(show scale)
ACCESSION NUMBER
37.1518E
CREDIT LINE
Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Lid from a man’s terracotta ‘slipper coffin’, pierced around the edges for attachment. The face is strongly modelled, with prominent painted eyes and a small false beard. A tripartite wig surrounds the face.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Lid from a Sarcophagus, ca. 1292–1075 B.C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 24 x 17 x 8 1/2 in., 40 lb. (61 x 43.2 x 21.6 cm, 18.14kg). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1518E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.1518E_PS1.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 37.1518E_PS1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2007
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