Sujet

Mummy of Herakleides, A.D. 120-140. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Mummy of Herakleides, A.D. 120-140. Additional Info: This Romano-Egyptian mummy combines the millennia-old Egyptian tradition of mummification of the dead with a strong Greek heritage handed down through the Ptolemaic dynasty and the Roman tradition of individualized portraiture. The blending of these three socio-cultural traditions was characteristic of the ethnic and religious diversity of the population of provincial Roman Egypt during this period. The painted mummy portrait depicts a young man with a light mustache and loose, curly hair. His name, Herakleides, has been written above his toes facing up towards his face. Decorated along the length of the body with religious figures connected with Egyptian funerary rites. They include Osiris, Horus, and a winged goddess combining the identities of Nut, Nephthys, and Isis.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM24A63_443

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

29,9Mo (923,8Ko) / 17,8cm x 42,0cm / 2105 x 4960 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Europe portrait Italy people male man men historical panel religious arts painting country nut Egypt Rome religion art guy color Egyptian death scene Greek Greece deity God Roman depiction location century moustache artwork concept mummy mustache facial hair goddess horus funerary Colour Hellenistic Ancient Greece Ancient Greek Ancient Roman Ancient Rome Isis mummification Ptolemaic culture history historic 2nd century mummy mask Nephthys Osiris Ptolemaic Period TGN winged figure young man young men Unknown Mizraim Painting Heritage Art Ptolemaic Dynasty Panel painting Mummy Portraits Romano-Egyptian