Wednesday, August 06, 2008

Daily Photo - Coptic fabric from the Petrie

UC6993. Cuff of linen garment with (woven) wool embroidery; blues, greens, yellow, white; repeat every 17.0 cm. Coptic Period. Lahun.



UC6993. Fragment of linene garment with (woven) wool embroidery; red bands with pattern in blues, green yellow, fawn, (white?); pattern repeats, with little variation, about every 9_ cm. Marked: Mounted on card giving provenance. Coptic Period. Lahun.

Copyright: Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, University College London With my thanks

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