figure;
mask
- Description
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Egyptian terracotta figure. Head broken off from a figure (?). Crude representation of an actor wearing the mask of a slave character in the New Comedy. The mask has a large trumpet-mouth. Solid, probably handmade. Traces of white coating. Red-brown Nile silt with a grey core abundant mica, quartz, organics and limestone inclusions.
- Production date
- 4thC BC - 2ndC BC
- Dimensions
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Height: 8.65 centimetres
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Length: 3.70 centimetres
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Width: 5.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
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Object owned and held by the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. This record is included in the British Museum database as part of the Museum’s Naukratis Project, a research collaboration that aims to virtually re-unite finds from the ancient port city of Naukratis, now distributed over 80 museums worldwide.
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Crude representation of an actor wearing a comedy mask. Finer mould-made examples known from Naukratis (Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum GR.18.1887). Uncertain whether this crude example is contemporary to finer mould-made representations or an earlier attempt at copying classical Greek imports.
- Location
- Not on display
- Department
- External
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: GR.26.1887 (Accession Number)