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 fragment of cotton. The straight and curved edges are hemmed. It remains embroidered with blue in back stitch.

C ; S/S ; 3 ; 6prs/9prs ; u ; 1 – straight & curved edges hemmed, remains embr.bluCplye, bk st

Large collection of textiles from Qasr Ibrim

Object details

Reference: BOLMG:2007.45.402
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: 165mm , Width: 122mm , Depth: 5mm
Site: Qasr Ibrim

Latitude: 22.650278
Longitude: 31.991667