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| Keywords: Egyptian - Mummy Mask of a Woman - Walters 783.jpg Mummy masks of the Hellenistic and Roman periods often had gilded faces that reflected the association of the deceased with the gods This mask has been molded over a core with layers of mud and linen The decoration was applied in layers with the gilding at the end The eye inlays are made from glass as well as the blue scarab on the top of the head and the ibis inside of a pectoral on the chest The scarab has gilded wings which stretch down to the sides of the wig Above the forehead is a frieze of uraeus serpents with sun-disks on their heads At the right and left frontal ends of the wig are recumbent jackals A golden collar with five rows of rosettes and geometric patterns adorns the mask suspended from which two kneeling goddesses flank the pectoral with an ibis The goddesses may be identified as Isis and Nephthys each with a sun-disk on her head and a feather-fan in one hand Mummy masks were used to protect and idealize the facial features of the deceased The golden face of this mask shows no signs of age gender or emotions The eyebrows nose mouth chin and ears are very well modeled but without color accents The motif ensemble of the mask symbolizes protection uraeus serpents jackals general renewal scarab-beetle and divine support to pass the court of death Thoth-ibis goddesses and to be renewed in the afterlife amongst the deities reflected in the golden color of the face 50 BC-AD 50 Greco-Roman painted cartonnage gold leaf and glass inlays cm 50 9 26 14 3 accession number 78 3 12963 Dikran Kelekian New York and Paris Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1913 3000 Years of Glass Treasures from The Walters Art Gallery The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1982 Highlights from the Collection The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1998-2001 place of origin Tuna el-Gebel in present-day Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian art in the Walters Art Museum Ancient Egyptian funerary masks Works of Greco-Roman Egypt | ||||
