Meanings
nounmummy portrait (plural mummy portraits)
plural mummy portraits
- A kind of naturalistic painted portrait on wooden boards attached to mummies from the Coptic period.
Synonyms: Fayum portrait
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA kind of naturalistic painted portrait on wooden boards attached to mummies from the Coptic period.
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