Ancient Egyptian cotton fragment from Qasr Ibrim dated 200 BC - AD 300 - Bolton's Egypt

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

A strip of cotton embroidered with two flowers or suns and a narrow stripe. The flowers or suns consist of a circle surrounded with lines.

Large collection of textiles from Qasr Ibrim

Object details

Reference: BOLMG:2007.45.441
Material: Cotton
Culture: Meroitic Period, Nubian Culture
Period: Ptolemaic Period - Roman Period
Dated: 200 BC - AD 300
Associated corp. body: Egypt Exploration Society
Object name: cotton fragment
Dimensions: Length: 565mm , Width: 50mm , Depth: 5mm
Site: Qasr Ibrim

Latitude: 22.650278
Longitude: 31.991667