Plaster Portrait Mask of a Youth

Unknown

A.D. 140–190 probably · Plaster, linen, paint, lapis lazuli, glass · Egyptian Art

This youth's black hair is combed into a slightly wild style reminiscent of portraits fashionable in the Greek-speaking eastern provinces of the Roman Empire in the mid- and later second century a.d. Over his white tunic with rose clavi (stripes) he wears a white mantle, with a woven H-motif visible below his left hand. The youth's head is raised on a rather high support decorated with Egyptian motifs. Flanking his neck are banks of three golden uraei, and at the back of his head is the falcon god Re-Harakhty, flanked by two of the Sons of Horus, Qebesenuef and Duamutef.

Artist

Unknown

Date

A.D. 140–190 probably

Medium

Plaster, linen, paint, lapis lazuli, glass

Department

Egyptian Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1912