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Textile fragment

Textile fragment

  • Place of origin:

    Egypt (made)

  • Date:

    1575 BC-1087 BC (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    unknown (production)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Plain woven linen and glazed earthenware beads and plaited straw

  • Credit Line:

    Given by the Egypt Exploration Fund

  • Museum number:

    729-1907

  • Gallery location:

    In Storage

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This linen fragment was found at the funerary temple of King Neb-hâpet-Râ Mentu-hetep at Deir-el-bahn during excavations in 1906-07 . The linen has been interwoven with three double rows of small turquoise blue glazed beads. There are the remains of a fringe composed of the same turquoise beads alternating with squares of plaited straw. The fragment may originally have been part of a shawl but it is difficult to be certain as the ancient Egyptians seem to have favoured beads as decoration on various things.

Physical description

A panel of a loosely-woven linen interwoven with three double rows of small turquoise-glazed beads. There are the remains of a fringe composed of the same turquoise beads alternating with squares of plaited straw.

Place of Origin

Egypt (made)

Date

1575 BC-1087 BC (made)

Artist/maker

unknown (production)

Materials and Techniques

Plain woven linen and glazed earthenware beads and plaited straw

Object history note

Found at the funerary temple of King Neb-hâpet-Râ Mentu-hetep at Deir-el-bahn during 1906-1907 excavations.

Descriptive line

Fragment of plain woven linen interwoven with rows of glazed earthenware beads, and plaited straw decoration.

Production Note

Found at the funerary temple of King Neb-hâpet-Râ Mentu-hetep at Deir-el-bahn.

Materials

Earthenware; Linen; Straw

Techniques

Plain weave; Glazing; Plaiting

Categories

Archaeology; Textiles; Africa

Collection code

T&F

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