Ancient Egyptian tunic fragment from Karanis

Linen Tunic. Embroidered along edges with repeating alternate small designs in black wool. Neck opening bound with narrow purple strip, sleeve embroidered with above design.

Object details

  • Reference: BOLMG:1930.19.300
  • Material: linen
  • Period: Arab
  • Excavator: Joseph Starkey
  • Object name: tunic fragment
  • Dimensions: Length: 1423mm , Width: 1207mm
  • Published references: Jane C Batcheller Late Roman Textiles from Karanis Egypt an investigation into the characterization of archaeological textiles PhD thesis Manchester University 2002
  • Site: Karanis
  • Latitude: 29.517778
  • Longitude: 30.903333