Theatrical mask for offering, Roman Period, A.D. 2nd century, From Egypt; Probably from Fayum, Medinet el-Fayum (Krokodilopolis-Arsinoe), faience, 19 x 19 cm (7 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.), This mask and the mask 26.71 are too small and brittle to have served as actual theater masks. They refer to the god Dionysus, patron of the theater and god of rebirth; in Egypt he was equated with Osiris
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Theatrical mask, offering, Roman Period, .D, 2nd century, Egypt, Fayum, Medinet el-Fayum, Krokodilopolis-Arsinoe, faience, 19 x 19 cm, 7 1/2 7 1/2, mask, mask 26.71, too small, brittle, served, actual theater, masks, refer, god Dionysus, patron, theater, god, rebirth, equated, Osiris
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