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title: Mummy Portrait of a Woman Wearing a Medusa Necklace
author: Carole Raddato
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/4267/mummy-portrait-of-a-woman-wearing-a-medusa-necklac/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Mummy Portrait of a Woman Wearing a Medusa Necklace

_Authored by Carole Raddato_

## Image File

[![Mummy Portrait of a Woman Wearing a Medusa Necklace](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/4267.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/4267.jpg)

## Image Caption

Mummy portrait of a woman wearing a [gold](https://www.worldhistory.org/gold/) necklace, a [Medusa](https://www.worldhistory.org/Medusa/) pendant, and golden ear-pendants with pearls, [Roman Egypt](https://www.worldhistory.org/Roman_Egypt/), 161-192 CE.

Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna, Austria.

## External Links

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

## Cite This Work

### APA
Raddato, C. (2015, November 30). Mummy Portrait of a Woman Wearing a Medusa Necklace. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/4267/mummy-portrait-of-a-woman-wearing-a-medusa-necklac/>
### Chicago
Raddato, Carole. "Mummy Portrait of a Woman Wearing a Medusa Necklace." *World History Encyclopedia*, November 30, 2015. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/4267/mummy-portrait-of-a-woman-wearing-a-medusa-necklac/>.
### MLA
Raddato, Carole. "Mummy Portrait of a Woman Wearing a Medusa Necklace." *World History Encyclopedia*, 30 Nov 2015, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/4267/mummy-portrait-of-a-woman-wearing-a-medusa-necklac/>.

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