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

A fragment of cotton tapestry with a lattice edge and two fragments of the lattice edge. The larger piece has a pattern of linked pale blue circles with dark blue in their centres. They are bordered by dark blue stripes and a repeat pattern.

S/S
2, tapestry
10/9-10 prs (32 C, 22 W)
u/u, light blue,
Dk blue W
B. lattice

Frag border, fr.gone, 7×9, 2 scraps lattice belong
w2 above and below, dk blu
at. ints. ; str.tap on 1 wp, dk blu, u edge, p blu with dk blu and u cross, freer

Part of large collection of textiles from Qasr Ibrim.

Object details

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  • Longitude: 31.991667