A young face, with wavy hair. The eye sockets, nostrils and lips have been perforated through the metal of the mask. The irises of the eye are represented by rings of metal soldered to the mask.
The mask was found in a female grave. With it was a coin of Antoninus Pius, a pottery oil lamp and bronze mirror and brooch and a gold ring.
References:
Tonkeva, G., (1962), "Novootkrit grobnjizi okolo Odesos", in: Izvestija na Varnenskoto arheol., 15,51ff.
Kohlert, M., (1976), "Zur Entwicklung. Funktion und Genesis römischer Gesichtsmasken in Thrakien und Niedermösien", in: Wiss. Zeitschr. d. Humboldt-Uni. zu Berlin, Ges.-Sprachwiss. Reihe 25,509ff.
Kohlert, M., (1978), "Bemerkungen zu einer Gesichtsmaske aus Varna", in: Klio, 62.
