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mummy cloth
c. 2500 BCE
Fragment of coarse plain woven cloth. Light brown colour with darker brown stripes formed by double weft threads which are not at standard intervals. Very creased. This is a wrapping from the mumm...
cloth fragment
c. 4400 BCE
Cloth fragment from mastaba (tomb) 2050 at Tarkhan, excavated by Petrie. Plain woven with one edge turned under and slip stitched with a single linen thread, into position. The turning appears to be ...
mummy cloth
c. 2500 BCE
Fragment of cream coloured, fine, plain woven cloth. This is a wrapping from the mummy of Nekht-Ankh. The tomb of Khnum-Nakht and Nekht-Ankh in Der Rifeh, was excavated in 1907. Inscriptions in th...
mummy cloth
early 11th-mid 7th Century BCE
Rectangular fragment of fine, mid-dark brown, plain woven fabric.
mummy cloth
early 11th-mid 7th Century BCE
Fragment of fine, cream/light brown, plain woven fabric. With dark brown staining around part of the edge.
mummy cloth
early 11th-mid 7th Century BCE
Fragment of fine, light-mid brown, plain woven fabric. This fragment includes part of the selvedge.
mummy cloth
early 11th-mid 7th Century BCE
Rectangular fragment of fine, cream/light brown, plain woven fabric. The fragment has five blue weft thread stripes at one edge formed of 8, 3, 3, 3 and 6 threads.
mummy cloth
early 11th-mid 7th Century BCE
Rectangular fragment of fine, mid-dark brown, plain woven fabric with five blue, weft thread stripes at one end of 6, 3, 3, 3 and 10 threads.
mummy cloth
early 11th-mid 7th Century BCE
Fragment of fine, mid-dark brown, plain woven fabric. There is an end fringe of 12 cm. long warp threads.
mummy cloth
early 11th-mid 7th Century BCE
Fragment of fine, light-mid brown, plain woven fabric. At one end are five blue dyed weft thread stripes of 7, 3, 3, 3 and 5 threads.
mummy cloth
early 11th-mid 7th Century BCE
Fragment of fine, cream-light brown, plain woven fabric. At one end of the fragment are five blue dyed weft thread stripes of 8, 3, 3, 3 and 8 threads (the last stripe has lost threads due to fraying...
mummy cloth
c. 2500 BCE
Fragment of cream/light brown coloured, fine, plain woven cloth. This is a wrapping from the mummy of Nekht-Ankh. The tomb of Khnum-Nakht and Nekht-Ankh in Der Rifeh, was excavated in 1907. Inscri...
mummy cloth
early 11th-mid 7th Century BCE
Fragment of fine, light brown, plain woven fabric, The fragment includes part of the selvedge. Along the selvedge are four blue dyed warp thread stripes of 12, 6, 5 and 20 threads (the outermost stri...
mummy cloth
early 11th-mid 7th Century BCE
Fragment of fine, cream/light brown coloured, plain woven fabric. There is a weaving fault in the fragment. At one edge are three blue dyed warp thread stripes of 14, 6 and 6 threads.
mummy cloth
early 11th-mid 7th Century BCE
Fragment of fine, mid brown, complex plain woven fabric. The fragment included part of the selvedge. Adjacent to the selvedge are four blue dyed warp thread stripes of 12, 6, 6 and 25 threads.
mummy cloth
early 11th-mid 7th Century BCE
Fragment of fine, cream coloured, plain woven fabric. At one edge of the fragment are four blue dyed weft thread stripes of 8, 3, 3 and 3 threads. At the other end of the fragment is an area of dark...
mummy cloth
early 11th-mid 7th Century BCE
Fragment of fine, mid brown, complex plain woven fabric. The fragment includes part of the selvedge. Adjacent to the selvedge are four blue dyed warp thread stripes of 12, 6, 6 and 25 threads.
mummy cloth
early 11th-mid 7th Century BCE
Fragment of fine, cream/light brown, plain woven fabric. At one edge are three blue dyed warp thread stripes of 8, 3 and 1 threads (the last stripe is largely unravelled).
mummy cloth
early 11th-mid 7th Century BCE
Rectangular fragment of fine, cream/light brown, plain woven fabric.
mummy cloth
early 11th-mid 7th Century BCE
Fragment of fine, mid brown, complex plain woven fabric. At one edge are four blue dyed warp thread stripes. The first three stripes are of 12, 6 and 6 threads the outermost stripe has frayed and lo...