Ancient Egyptian cotton fragment from Qasr Ibrim dated 200 BC – AD 300

A fragment of cotton tapestry. It has a border of undyed rectangles on a dark blue ground with a short fringe. There is a repeat pattern of undyed crossed in dark blue crosses edged with an undyed border on a pale blue ground.

S/S
1, tapestry
9/36
u,/u, dk blue, pale blue
4.5 X 8 frag border, edge rects, then crosses or flowers, undyed on dark blue, edged undyed on pale ground

Part of large collection of textiles from Qasr Ibrim.

Object details

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  • Longitude: 31.991667