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title: Mummy Portrait of Lady Aline
author: Carole Raddato
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/2554/mummy-portrait-of-lady-aline/
format: machine-readable-alternate
license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
updated: 1970-01-01
---

# Mummy Portrait of Lady Aline

_Authored by Carole Raddato_

## Image File

[![Mummy Portrait of Lady Aline](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/2554.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/2554.jpg)

## Image Caption

Mummy portrait of Lady Aline, from Hawara, [Egypt](https://www.worldhistory.org/egypt/), c. 24 CE.

Neues Museum, Berlin.

The [Tomb](https://www.worldhistory.org/tomb/) of Aline is an ancient [Egyptian](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Egyptian/) [grave](https://www.worldhistory.org/burial/) from the time of [Roman emperor](https://www.worldhistory.org/Roman_Emperor/) [Tiberius](https://www.worldhistory.org/Tiberius/) (r. 14-37 CE), excavated at Hawara in 1892. The portrait is painted directly onto the canvas of the mummy wrapping.

## External Links

- [Mummy Portraits of Roman Egypt](https://www.getty.edu/publications/mummyportraits/)

## Cite This Work

### APA
Raddato, C. (2014, April 08). Mummy Portrait of Lady Aline. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/2554/mummy-portrait-of-lady-aline/>
### Chicago
Raddato, Carole. "Mummy Portrait of Lady Aline." *World History Encyclopedia*, April 08, 2014. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/2554/mummy-portrait-of-lady-aline/>.
### MLA
Raddato, Carole. "Mummy Portrait of Lady Aline." *World History Encyclopedia*, 08 Apr 2014, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/2554/mummy-portrait-of-lady-aline/>.

## License & Copyright

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