Ancient Egyptian matting fragment from Amarna dated 1550 – 1295 BC

Piece of a brown woven mat, or basket. Made by weaving strips of plant fibre over and under each other, working from two directions. Result produces no gaps.

Ancient Egyptian matting fragment from Amarna dated 1550 – 1295 BC

Object details

  • Reference: BOLMG:1922.4.14.d
  • Material: plant fibre
  • Culture: Dynasty 18
  • Period: New Kingdom
  • Excavator: T.E. Peet
  • Dated: 1550 - 1295 BC
  • Object name: matting fragment
  • Dimensions: Length: 13mm , Width: 13mm , Depth: 1mm
  • Published references: Peet T E Excavations at Tell el Amarna - A Preliminary Report 7 1921 p.169
  • Site: Amarna
  • Latitude: 27.645197
  • Longitude: 30.896483