Fayum-35.jpg

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Egyptian Museum of Berlin

	Native name	Ägyptisches Museum Berlin
	Parent institution	Neues Museum
	Location	Mitte , Germany
	Coordinates	52° 31′ 12.86″ N, 13° 23′ 51.87″ E
	Established	1828
	Authority file	: Q254156 VIAF : 124716958 ISNI : 0000000121076344 LCCN : n90655341 GND : 5035773-6 SUDOC : 031948243 WorldCat

Accession number

17900

Object history

Winter between 1906 and 1907
date QS:P,+1906-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1906-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1907-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: discovered by Albert Gayet , Antinoöpolis
December 1907: purchased by Egyptian Museum of Berlin

Notes

English: Fayum mummy portrait . The single specimen of Gayet's mummy portraits from Antinoopolis for which information on its archaeological context is available. The heavily gilt portrait was found in winter 1905/06 and sold to Berlin in 1907. Berlin, Egyptian Museum.
Deutsch: im Winter 1906/07von A. Gayet in Antinoopolis gefundenes Mumienporträt, einziges von Gayet gefundenes Porträt, über dessen Fundumstände etwas bekannt ist, im Dezember 1907 an die Berliner Museen verkauft, dicke Goldauflage, die nur Platz für das Porträt freiläßt, Inv.-Nr. Berlin 17900

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Self-scanned by Eloquence ( talk · contribs ), November 2004

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