Textile Fragment
300-599 (made)
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This tiny fragment of undyed linen is made in a gauze weave where stripes of warps have been left without the insertion of weft threads. It is said to have been found at Hawara. Hawara is an archaeological site of Ancient Egypt, south of the site of Crocodilopolis (Arsinoe) at the entrance to the depression of the Fayum oasis. Egyptian women in the first millennium commonly wore hairnets made in this type of weave.
William Flinders Petrie, the father of English Egyptology, excavated at Hawara in 1888 and 1889, where he discovered cemeteries that had been used from the Ptolemaic period until at least the sixth century AD.
William Flinders Petrie, the father of English Egyptology, excavated at Hawara in 1888 and 1889, where he discovered cemeteries that had been used from the Ptolemaic period until at least the sixth century AD.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Linen in gauze weave |
| Brief description | Fragment, linen gauze, Hawara, Egypt, 4th Century - 6th Century |
| Physical description | Small fragment of undyed linen in gauze weave. The rows of open weave ('missing' wefts which have not been woven up by the insertion of weft threads) is made by placing a long pin through the shed and leaving it there while 8 or 9 rows of weft are made above the pin, and then taking out the pin, replacing it in new shed. This leaves a weave with 'open' stripes. |
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| Credit line | Given by University College, London |
| Object history | This object was part of a large donation by University College, London in 1976 / 1977, most of which likely originate from W M Flinders Petrie's excavations at Hawara in 1888-89. |
| Summary | This tiny fragment of undyed linen is made in a gauze weave where stripes of warps have been left without the insertion of weft threads. It is said to have been found at Hawara. Hawara is an archaeological site of Ancient Egypt, south of the site of Crocodilopolis (Arsinoe) at the entrance to the depression of the Fayum oasis. Egyptian women in the first millennium commonly wore hairnets made in this type of weave. William Flinders Petrie, the father of English Egyptology, excavated at Hawara in 1888 and 1889, where he discovered cemeteries that had been used from the Ptolemaic period until at least the sixth century AD. |
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| Accession number | T.232-1977 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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