diff --git a/_catalogue/E_63_1903.md b/_catalogue/E_63_1903.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..eaa0dc27 --- /dev/null +++ b/_catalogue/E_63_1903.md @@ -0,0 +1,69 @@ +--- +category: catalogue +layout: coffins +title: 'Red shroud mummy' +permalink: /coffin-catalogue/E_63_1903 +image: images/catalogue/E_63_1903_2_crop.jpg +order: 8 +images: + - + image: E_63_1903_1.jpg + caption: Red shroud mummy + - + image: E_63_1903_2.jpg + caption: Detail of the portrait panel +--- + +**Object name:** +Red shroud mummy + +**Accession no.:** +E.63.1903 + +**Other numbers and markings:** +tbd + +**Dimensions:** +H cm +W cm +D cm + +**Brief description:** + +Red-shroud portrait mummy of a man. The mummy is supported on two narrow +wooden planks, which are tied +together with bandages. This structure and the mummy were +wrapped together in a shroud made of a single piece of plain-weave +linen, folded neatly over the feet but gathered more roughly at the top +of the head and stuck in place. The shroud is painted in bright scarlet +made from a mixture of red lead, chalk/calcite and carbon-based black, +and applied in a beeswax medium. The decorative elements are outlined in +grey paint (lead white, yellow ochre and carbon-based black in a wax and +oil medium) and completed with purple paint (made from carbon-based +black, iron oxide red, calcite and lead white), copper-based green frit, +and gold leaf, with final detailing in black. + +The portrait panel sits in an opening cut into the front of the shroud. +The painting was executed in a beeswax medium, using a pigment palette +similar to that found in the shroud decoration. The paint was applied +with a brush along with a variety of tools to build up texture. + +**Date:** +AD 100-180 + +[Further dating information](/catalogue_extras/E_63_1903_dating) + +**Find spot:** +El-Hibeh + +[Further find spot information](/catalogue_extras/E_63_1903_findspot) + +**Acquisition:** +Given by the Egypt Exploration Fund + +**Construction, decoration and materials:** + + +**Other information** + +[Bibliography](/catalogue_extras/E_63_1903_bibliography)