Textile
Tunic
E17094
From: Egypt | Illahun | Fayum
Curatorial Section: Egyptian
| Object Number | E17094 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Coptic |
| Provenience | Egypt | Illahun | Fayum |
| Period | Coptic Period |
| Date Made | 200-399 |
| Section | Egyptian |
| Materials | Linen | Wool |
| Technique | Tapestry Weave |
| Description | Warp: \ linen; ud Weft: \ linen; ud: \ wool; mixed-purple. Technique: Tapestry over 2 or 3 warps. Extra warps floated behind tapestry. Large roundel with plain edge and border of discs. Ground filled with interlace around small discs carrying a ring of dots around a small cross. Two bands of wavy stem sprouting clud leaves and groups of three discs. |
| Credit Line | Distribution from the Egyptian Research Account; William Flinders Petrie; subscription of Mrs. John Harrison, 1895 |
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