Textile

Tunic

E17136

From: Egypt | Fayum

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

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Object Number E17136
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Egypt | Fayum
Section Egyptian
Materials Linen | Wool
Description

Warp: \ wool; green-blue

Weft: \ linen; ud: \ wool; brown-purple, green-blue.

Technique: Tapestry over two warps in cloth. Four roundels, alternate ones having plain borders carrying crosses with birds between the arms. Lines of stitching near the edge of the fragment.

Length 30.5 cm
Width 41.4 cm
Credit Line Distribution from the Egyptian Research Account; William Flinders Petrie; subscription of Mrs. John Harrison, 1895

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