Ancient Egyptian child’s tunic from Matmar dated AD 700 – 800

Plain woven red wool ground. Yellow-cream wool weft stripe. Tapestry woven roundels & panels of coloured wools, including yellow, green, navy blue & orange-pink with some pinkish cream linen and cream linen waved borders. All threads S spun. Woven as continuous piece from one sleeve edge to the other, forming selvedges at sleeve underarm seams & at front and back body hems.

Object details

  • Reference: BOLMG:1931.46.14
  • Material: linen wool
  • Period: Coptic Period
  • Excavator: Guy Brunton
  • Dated: AD 700 - 800
  • Object name: child's tunic
  • Dimensions: Length: 910mm , Width: 570mm , Depth: 25mm
  • Published references: Brunton Matmar p 93 pl LXVII 3 pl LXIX 34 39 Vivian Lochhead 'The conservation of four Egyptian tunics' Archaeological Textiles Occasional Papers no 10 UKIC 1990 pp 41 - 48
  • Site: Matmar
  • Latitude: 27.1
  • Longitude: 31.333333