Jewelled Lady Mummy Portrait from Hawara
Mummy portrait of a young woman, from Hawara cemetery, Egypt, 1st-2nd centuries CE.
The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, London (with thanks to The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, UCL).
This woman has short black curly hair and wears silvered glass/coral and gold pendant earrings. She wears 2 strings of beads; one garnet and beryl with gold and one with silvered glass/coral and gold. She wears a light purple chiton with a dark purple himation over each shoulder, which has a yellow band on each of them.
