Ancient Egyptian tunic fragment from Mostagedda dated 332 BC – AD 395

Portion of a woollen robe, golden yellow in colour. Next to the selvedge is a band about 20mm wide formed by two parallel deep blue warp threads in one shedding, the thicker yellow weft producing a fine check pattern. Above are two narrow stripes woven in the same way. The spaces between the stripes and next to the selvedge have parallel pairs of yellow warp. Running across the cloth is band in dark blue and yellow stripes.

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