This wooden board was part of a mummy which was found during the excavations of W. F. Petrie at Hawara. Since its dissection which was necessary for a radiographic examination performed in 1970, the mummy does not exist anymore. The board shows the portrait of a woman framed by a gilded braid with embedded green glass beads, of the same type as those of the necklace which the person wears around the neck. The piece probably dates from the 2nd century of our time.
W. F. Petrie, Roman Portraits and Memphis (IV), Londres 1911, pl. VIIA nº 18
K. Parlasca, Mumienporträts und verwandte Denkmäler, Wiesbaden 1966, 52, 101 et 251
P. Janssens et F. Duquenne, Radiografisch en Autoptisch Onderzoek van twee mummies uit de Romeinse Periode, Hades 12 (1973) 8-9
P. Janssens et F. Duquenne, Quelques données radiographiques et autopsiques au sujet de deux momies de la période romaine, Bulletin radiographique 20 (1973) 12
J.-Ch. Balty, e.a., Koninklijke Musea voor Kunst en Geschiedenis, Brussel, Oudheid - Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, Bruxelles, Antiquité - The Royal Museums of Art and History, Brussels, Antiquity, Bruxelles 1988, 45
F. Lefebvre et B. Van Rinsveld, L'Égypte. Des Pharaons aux Coptes, Bruxelles 1990, 177
Chr. Karlshausen et Th. De Putter (Éds), Pierres égyptiennes... Chefs-d'oeuvre pour l'Éternité (Exposition), Mons 2000, 98 fig. 61
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