This image recalls examples of the Egyptian Fayum mummy portraits (which was a possible exam image for the art history comprehensive exam) in the combination of the  classicizing painted portrait on a wooden panel used within the mummification, which is a burial practice more closely associated with ancient Egyptian traditions.  The crown is suggestive of Roman garlands, further emphasizing the classical influence in this portrait.  The technique may have included the use of encaustic, which would explain the well-preserved condition of this portrait.  The style of bandaging on the body recalls the description by Venit of the central niche in the Tigrane Pasha Street tomb, wherein she describes the encasement typical of the Roman period as exemplified by the use of diagonal lines forming rhombic shapes and leaving the center open as a square.

The young man depicted in the portrait painting is facing frontally, revealing his lack of beard and his short haircut.  He appears to be wearing a white cloth around his neck.  The bust portrait is in relative proportion to the rest of the figure encased in the wrappings (only slightly smaller), reinforcing the suggestion of the figure of which this portrait was painted.  The representation of the shoulders relative to the placement of the portrait head does create some questionable anatomic naturalism, however, overall the viewer can imagine the general form of the figure underneath.