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Fragment
Egyptian (Coptic)
Late Roman or Early Byzantine
4th–6th century A.D.
Medium/Technique
Linen
Dimensions
Overall: 21 x 21 cm (8 1/4 x 8 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Amelia B. Edwards
Accession Number89.245
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionNatural-colored linen fabric with rows of looped weaving. See 89.247 for a similar weaving, probably belonged to the same textile.
ProvenanceDiscovered in 1888 by W. M. F. Petrie in the Greco-Egyptian cemetery of Hawara in the Fayûm. . "The interments in this cemetery were from 400 B.C- 150 A.D." Amelia B. Edwards.