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Hairpins with a flat end on women’s portraits. Sculptures and paintings

Fausta, Louvre
Fausta, Louvre
Fausta, Louvre
Gold-glass portrait
Helena, SM Berlin
Fayum portrait, Musée royal de Mariemont

1. Portrait of Fausta, early 4th century, Musée du Louvre, Inv. no. Ma 4881 https://collections.louvre
Portrait head of girl (Fausta?) b&w pictures from LSA database LSA-573
2. Gold-glass portrait of a woman, 3rd century; in the Museo Civico d’Arte Antica, Turin picture from wiki by Primaler
3. Portrait of Helena, marble head on a modern bust, Staatliche Museen Berlin, Antikensammlung, Inv. No. 449, picture after Martin Kovacs.
4. Fayum portrait of a woman, 3rd/4th century, Musée royal de Mariemont Ac.78/10

https://www.academia.edu/resource/work/36059387

Hairpins dated to 3rd-4th century, made of gold with a pearl, sapphire, amethyst and glass, Roman time Hungary, in the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest

Egyptian Museum Cairo, CG 33226.
Egyptian Museum Cairo, CG 33226.
© Janusz Plota

This woman may wear gold pins or a studded band around her high pinned braid.

Egyptian Museum Cairo, CG 33226. [Portrait mummies in context pdf]
pic. 1 https://pl.pinterest.com/pin/1548181108470359/
pic. 2 © Janusz Plota [source]

LITERATURE

  1. Martin Kovacs, Otto der Große und das Römische Reich. Kaisertum von der Antike zum Mittelalter, Ausstellung Magdeburg (Regensburg 2012) academia.edu
  2. Aquincumi ékszerek/ Jewellery in Aquincum
    Annamária R. Facsády https://www.academia.edu