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Fragment
Egyptian (Coptic)
Early Byzantine
4th–6th century A.D.
Medium/Technique
Linen, with looped weft
Dimensions
Overall: 30.5 x 21 cm (12 x 8 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Amelia B. Edwards
Accession Number89.249
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionNatural-colored linen fabric of looped weaving, undecorated. See notes on 89.244. Discovered 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. Probably part of the same garment that 89.247 and 91.53 belonged to.
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.