Funerary portrait from Fayum, Egypt, Roman period.
![[Image: f65d55b76d862623076f48bb9190a84b.jpg]](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/f6/5d/55/f65d55b76d862623076f48bb9190a84b.jpg)
What I find interesting here is the way the Ankh is held. It does not remind me of the VM, but rather as a possible bridging context between it and the Cross.
Also note the pattern on the edges of her clothes
Just for comparison, here is a 13th century icon, one of thousands of examples:
![[Image: 9b06c50e544294c76fb6bb389be5e1ebfb56f071.jpg]](http://beforeitsnews.com/mediadrop/uploads/2014/05/9b06c50e544294c76fb6bb389be5e1ebfb56f071.jpg)
What I find interesting here is the way the Ankh is held. It does not remind me of the VM, but rather as a possible bridging context between it and the Cross.
Also note the pattern on the edges of her clothes
Just for comparison, here is a 13th century icon, one of thousands of examples: