Ancient Egyptian wool fragment from Illahun dated AD 395 – 642

Two fragments, woollen, yellow, with a woven stripe of red, bordered with blue and a narrow purple stripe near the edge which is finished with fancy stitch.
Tapestry with a stripe of red and blue wool and edge stripe in brown wool. There are eight warps and 24 wefts per centimetre.

Ancient Egyptian wool fragment from Illahun dated AD 395 – 642

Object details

  • Reference: BOLMG:1911.63.11
  • Material: wool
  • Period: Coptic Period
  • Excavator: W.M.F. Petrie
  • Dated: AD 395 - 642
  • Object name: wool fragment
  • Dimensions: Length: 561mm , Width: 236mm , Length: 557mm , Width: 345mm
  • Published references: A similar group in the Whitworth Art Gallery, exhibited and published by F. Pritchard, Clothing Culture (2006)
  • Site: Illahun
  • Latitude: 29.233333
  • Longitude: 30.966667