Ancient Egyptian basket fragments from Mostagedda dated 5300 - 3000 BC - Bolton's Egypt

Ancient Egyptian basket fragments from Mostagedda dated 5300 – 3000 BC

Fragments of a basket. Flat platter shaped, made by coiling thick, coarse strips of fibre around a bundle of reed fibre.

Ancient Egyptian basket fragments from Mostagedda dated 5300 – 3000 BC

Object details

Reference: BOLMG:1930.33.14
Material: reed
Culture: Lower Egypt - Upper Egypt
Period: Predynastic Period
Excavator: Guy Brunton
Dated: 5300 - 3000 BC
Object name: basket fragments
Dimensions: Length: 110mm , Width: 73mm , Depth: 7mm
Published references: Brunton Mostagedda p 33
Site: Mostagedda

Latitude: 27.083333
Longitude: 31.383333