Brooklyn Museum: Egyptian, Classical, and Ancient Middle Eastern Art: The Mummy of Demetri[o]s

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The Mummy of Demetri[o]s

Medium: Painted cloth, gold, human remains, wood, encaustic, gilding
Place Found: Hawara, Egypt
Dates: 50-100 C.E.
Period: Roman Period
Dimensions: 13 3/8 x 15 3/8 x 74 13/16 in., 130 lb. (34 x 39 x 190 cm, 59kg) b: portrait: 14 11/16 x 8 1/16 x 1/16 in. (37.3 x 20.5 x 0.2 cm) Other (Display): 19 x 28 x 86 1/4 in., 197.5 lb. (48.3 x 71.1 x 219.1 cm, 89.6kg)
Collections: Egyptian, Classical, and Ancient Middle Eastern Art
Museum Location: This item is not on view
Accession Number: 11.600
Credit Line: Charles Edwin Wlbour Fund
Image: Top, 11.600a-b_top_PS1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2007

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Collections: Egyptian, Classical, and Ancient Middle Eastern Art: The Mummy of Demetri[o]s