Ancient Egyptian textile fragment from Hawara or Illahun dated About AD 600

Brick red coloured plain woven wool fragment darned in thicker similar coloured woollen thread.
Plain woven with 13 warps and wefts per centimetre. Even thickness of threads in an S twist.

Ancient Egyptian textile fragment from Hawara or Illahun
 dated About AD 600

Object details

  • Reference: BOLMG:1934.23.58.3
  • Material: linen wool
  • Period: Coptic Period
  • Excavator: W.M.F. Petrie
  • Dated: About AD 600
  • Object name: textile fragment
  • Dimensions: Length: 69mm , Width: 25mm