id:			94191
accession number:	1914.715
share license status:	CC0
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updated:		2025-02-08 22:09:51.653000

Cartonnage Mummy Case , c. 50 BCE–50 CE. Egypt, Greco-Roman period (332 BCE–395 CE), Ptolemaic dynasty (305–30 BCE)–Roman empire (30 BCE–395 CE). Cartonnage, painted and gilded, with glass inlays; overall: 20.5 x 57 cm (8 1/16 x 22 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1914.715

title:				Cartonnage Mummy Case 
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creation date:			c. 50 BCE–50 CE
creation date earliest:		-50
creation date latest:		50
current location:		107 Egyptian
creditline:			Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
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culture:	Egypt, Greco-Roman period (332 BCE–395 CE), Ptolemaic dynasty (305–30 BCE)–Roman empire (30 BCE–395 CE)
technique:	cartonnage, painted and gilded, with glass inlays
department:	Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
collection:	Egypt - Ptolemaic Dynasty
type:		Funerary Equipment
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measurements: Overall: 20.5 x 57 cm (8 1/16 x 22 7/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Long-term loan
	opening date:   1997-04-04T05:00:00
	<i>Long-term loan</i>. The Toledo Museum of Art (organizer) (April 1, 1997-September 21, 1998).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Perhaps Akhmim. Purchased from Mr. Hornblower (in Egypt?) by Lucy Olcott Perkins through Henry W. Kent
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Grimm, Günter. <em>Die Römischen Mumienmasken aus Ägypten.</em> Wiesbaden: F. Steiner, 1974.
	page number: 	Mentioned: P. 100, 116; Reproduced: Taf. 115.1
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	Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač.<em> Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 503-5; Mentioned: p. 504-5
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	Riggs, Christina. <em>The Beautiful Burial in Roman Egypt: Art, Identity, and Funerary Religion</em>. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 49-52, fig. 13, 14, 15
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