New York. Metropolitan musuem of art · New York [The Gilliss press · leaf 182
mask (Fig. 60),given by Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan. It was found in thewinter of 1910-11 at Meir in Middle Egypt. Themummy is extensively swathed and has under the heavybrown outer covering a high footboard. The hair of the 150 THE NINTH ROOM mask is in the style of the Flavian Age (69-96 A. D.),… … FIG. 62. CAPITAL FROM MONASTERY OF ST. JEREMIASVI-VIII CENTURY A. D, Egyptian divinities in gilded cartonnage decorate thebrown linen. The ancient label in Greek on the footgives human interest, informing us that we have in thiselaborate burial a young Greek woman, Artemidora,who died at the age of…
Art -- Egypt · Egypt -- Antiquities
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