Ancient Egyptian cotton fragment from Qasr Ibrim dated 200 BC – AD 300

A fragment of undyed cotton with six brown bands which widen towards one end; three of them are pointed at the end. They are possibly bird wing feathers and the other tapestry could be parts of the heads anf beaks.

C; S/S; tap.on wp prs; 7prs/18 ; u/u, ?orig.r br ; – ; 1 ; 21×11, very solid work, even tapestry

Large collection of textiles from Qasr Ibrim.

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