Ancient Egyptian textile fragment from Hawara or Illahun dated AD 395 – 642

Plain woven linen ground with an embroidered design in red and blue wools. As part of a large geometric design.
The embroidery is over three warps and under one warp running stitches. Plain woven with ten warp and weft threads per centimetre.

Ancient Egyptian textile fragment from Hawara or Illahun
 dated AD 395 – 642

Object details

  • Reference: BOLMG:1934.23.10
  • Material: linen wool
  • Period: Coptic Period
  • Excavator: W.M.F. Petrie
  • Dated: AD 395 - 642
  • Object name: textile fragment
  • Dimensions: Length: 204mm , Width: 145mm