Layer of plaster from a human skull
5th – 6th Dynasty, ca. 2514 – 2191 BC
During the Old Kingdom, the first attempts to preserve the body after death involved wrapping the corpse in strips of cloth soaked with resin and covering it with plaster. Idealizing facial features were modelled in the plaster layer.
During the Old Kingdom, the first attempts to preserve the body after death involved wrapping the corpse in strips of cloth soaked with resin and covering it with plaster. Idealizing facial features were modelled in the plaster layer.
Time:
5th – 6th Dynasty, ca. 2514 – 2191 BC
Object Name
Mummy cover
Culture
Ägyptisch
Location of discovery:
Giza, Westfriedhof, Mastaba S 466/467, Schacht 466
Material/technology:
Plaster (gypsum)
Dimensions:
Maße des Kopfüberzugs: H 20,4 cm, B 18,7 cm, T 24,7 cm, G 1782 g
Maße Kopf + Körperhülle ausgestellt: H 17 cm B ca. 53 cm L ca. 150 cm G 9783 g
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Ägyptisch - Orientalische Sammlung
Invs.
Ägyptische Sammlung, INV 7800
Provenance
1914, excavated by the Academy of Sciences, Vienna
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