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Mummy's helmet mask, with golden face. On the...

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Mummy's helmet mask, with golden face. On the plastron are represented Osiris in mummy form standing, carrying the scepter and the flagellum, and Horus standing wearing the white crown. On the temples are represented two of the four sons of Horus on each side. On the back, the wig is tied with a knot. The mask was overpainted in antiquity to represent the wig in black. Stucco on cardboard, polychromed and gilded. Misses and wear Egypt, Roman period. H. 33 cm. Provenance : collection of M. B. (Lyon)