Fitzwilliam Museum — Department of Antiquities (Egyptian) · other

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Source of record: Fitzwilliam Museum — Department of Antiquities (Egyptian) — catalogued by the holding institution. View the original record →

AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06

Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

A gilded mummy portrait featuring a figure with curly hair holding a cluster of grapes.

The artifact is a gilded mummy portrait from Roman Egypt depicting a figure with curly hair and a draped garment, holding a cluster of grapes in one hand. The portrait displays visible signs of aging and damage, with gold leafing still prominent on the headdress and garment. The lower portion shows more severe wear and deterioration.

funerary Roman fragmentary
Materials woodgold

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Materials WoodGoldPaint
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  • From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Fitzwilliam Museum — Department of Antiquities (Egyptian).
  • AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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