Textile Fragment
1550 BC - 1292 BC (made)
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This piece was one of many items deposited during the New Kingdom at the mortuary temple of Deir el-Bahari, as a votive offering in the Hathor shrine within the temple complex. The turquoise colour typical of glazed composition was considered appropriate for this goddess, one of whose Epithets was 'Lady of Turquoise'.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Plain woven linen and plaited straw, glazed composition |
| Brief description | Fragment of a votive offering, plain woven linen threaded with blue glazed composition beads, Deir el-Bahari, Egypt, New Kingdom, possibly Dynasty Eighteen |
| Physical description | Fragment of a votive offering , possibly a shawl, in plain woven undyed linen. Intertwined are the remains of six rows of blue glazed composition beads. There is a selvedge on one long edge, and on the other long edge a fringe made of the plaited warp ends. One of the thinner ends has another fringe of plaited straw, also with glazed composition beads threaded through. In the middle of the ground fabric, the warp is open for several centimetres. |
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| Credit line | Given by the Egypt Exploration Fund |
| Object history | Found at Deir el-Bahari, 1906-1907 excavation season. |
| Summary | This piece was one of many items deposited during the New Kingdom at the mortuary temple of Deir el-Bahari, as a votive offering in the Hathor shrine within the temple complex. The turquoise colour typical of glazed composition was considered appropriate for this goddess, one of whose Epithets was 'Lady of Turquoise'. |
| Bibliographic reference | G. Pinch, Votive Offerings to Hathor (Oxford: Griffith Institute, 1993): 116-7, Pl. 26b |
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| Accession number | 730-1907 |
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| Record created | August 23, 2005 |
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