Plaster Portrait Mask of a Youth, Roman Period, A.D. 140–190 probably, From Egypt; Said to be from Middle Egypt, Tuna el-Gebel, Plaster, linen, paint, lapis lazuli, glass, l. 58.5 cm (23 1/16 in); w. 27.4 cm (10 13/16 in); h. 30 cm (11 13/16 in), This youth's black hair is combed into a slightly wild style reminiscent of portraits fashionable in the Greek-speaking eastern provinces of the Roman Empire in the mid- and later second century a.d. Over his white tunic with rose clavi (stripes) he wears a white mantle, with a woven H-motif visible below his left hand
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Plaster Portrait Mask, Youth, Roman Period, .D, 140–190, Egypt, Said, Middle Egypt, Tuna el-Gebel, Plaster, linen, paint, lapis lazuli, glass, l, 58.5 cm, 23 1/16, w, 27.4, 10 13/16, h, 30, 11, youth, black hair, combed, slightly wild, style, reminiscent, portraits fashionable, Greek-speaking eastern, provinces, Empire, mid, later second, century, d, white tunic, rose clavi, stripes, wears, mantle, woven H-motif, visible, left hand
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