Image code: 8137

Painted Tomb of Tigrane: mummy in the central niche

Detail of the mummy depicted in the central niche. The deceased lies on a bed protected by two female figures. The mummy is wrapped in bandages in the style of the Roman period. Under the head there is a headrest. The tomb found near Tigrana Pasha Street in Alexandria dates from the Hadrianic period and combines Egyptian and classical elements: the wall paintings show funerary motifs from the Pharaonic period mixed with Greek symbols and rendered in the Alexandrian Hellenistic style.

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