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Encaustic paint on wood, one of the better preserved Fayuum mummy portraits.

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[–] craftyindividual@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Well, it's fragments of wood that were laid into the top of a mummy casket. They represent the person in life, with some artistic licence.