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Textile:
ITC 2000.9.1

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...

Textile:
ITC 2009.218.1

c. 3900 BCE

Cloth fragment from grave 45 at Tarkhan, excavated by Petrie.

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ITC 2009.217.1

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 ...

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ITC 2009.219.1

c. 766 BCE

Cloth fragment from the cemetery at Tarkhan excavated by Petrie.

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ITC 2008.10

1250-1517

A round cap composed of five separate layers decoratively stitched. The cap is quilted with similar cut and construction of the internal and external fabric layers. The quilting (back stitch) is sup...

Textile:
ITC 2000.9.10

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...

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ITC 2000.9.100

early 11th-mid 7th Century BCE

Fragment of fine, mid brown, plain woven fabric.

Textile:
ITC 2000.9.101

early 11th-mid 7th Century BCE

Rectangular fragment of fine, mid-dark brown, plain woven fabric.

Textile:
ITC 2000.9.102

early 11th-mid 7th Century BCE

Fragment of fine, mid-dark brown, plain woven fabric.

Textile:
ITC 2000.9.103

early 11th-mid 7th Century BCE

Fragment of fine, cream/light brown, plain woven fabric. With dark brown staining around part of the edge.

Textile:
ITC 2000.9.104

early 11th-mid 7th Century BCE

Fragment of fine, light-mid brown, plain woven fabric. This fragment includes part of the selvedge.

Textile:
ITC 2000.9.105

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.