Ancient Egyptian matting fragment from Amarna dated 1550 – 1295 BC

Five pieces of woven mat, or basket. Made by weaving strips of plant fibre. Two of these pieces seem identical to those under accession numbers 1922.4.14.c-f. The three others are edges from mats or baskets. And three tiny fragments of linen cloth, stuck to a board for display.

Ancient Egyptian matting fragment from Amarna dated 1550 – 1295 BC

Object details

  • Reference: BOLMG:AW148
  • Material: linen plant fibre
  • Culture: Dynasty 18
  • Period: New Kingdom
  • Excavator: T.E. Peet
  • Dated: 1550 - 1295 BC
  • Object name: matting fragment
  • Dimensions: Length (mount): 101mm , Width (mount): 74mm , Depth (mount): 10mm
  • 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