Textile Fragment
ca. AD500-700 (made)
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A fragment panel of tapestry-woven wool. Egyptian, ca. AD700-900. Colours include dark blue, red and white. The central design has three animals (perhaps a rabbit and a bird) above each other on a red background. Only the central figure is complete. There is a partial border remaining which includes a row of connecting short crosses. The crosses are white with a central dark blue cross. Towards the edge (where a small amount of selvedge remains) is a thick, red, geometric stripe and a thick, blue stripe. The warp is of double threads, tightly twisted around each other, so that a ribbed impression is made across the whole piece. The piece is very fragmented.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Woven wool |
| Brief description | A fragment panel of tapestry-woven wool. Egyptian, possibly Oxyrhynkhus, ca. AD700-900. |
| Physical description | A fragment panel of tapestry-woven wool. Colours include dark blue, red and white. The central design has three animals (perhaps a rabbit and a bird) above each other on a red background. Only the central figure is complete. There is a partial border remaining which includes a row of connecting short crosses. The crosses are white with a central dark blue cross. Towards the edge (where a small amount of selvedge remains) is a thick, red, geometric stripe and a thick, blue stripe. The warp is of double threads, tightly twisted around each other, so that a ribbed impression is made across the whole piece. The piece is very fragmented. |
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| Object history | Objects T.115-1922 to T.158-1922 purchased for £25, from Professor Flinders Petrie. They were found at the BSAE excavations of Oxyrhynchus that year and offered to the museum directly by Petrie, though the money was to be passed to the BSAE. |
| Summary | A fragment panel of tapestry-woven wool. Egyptian, ca. AD700-900. Colours include dark blue, red and white. The central design has three animals (perhaps a rabbit and a bird) above each other on a red background. Only the central figure is complete. There is a partial border remaining which includes a row of connecting short crosses. The crosses are white with a central dark blue cross. Towards the edge (where a small amount of selvedge remains) is a thick, red, geometric stripe and a thick, blue stripe. The warp is of double threads, tightly twisted around each other, so that a ribbed impression is made across the whole piece. The piece is very fragmented. |
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| Accession number | T.131-1922 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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