British Museum — Department of Egypt and Sudan · architecture
textile
Description
Small, complete cloth mainly of coarse, plain weave, undyed linen; now staw coloured; brocaided/embroidered with 3 simple crosses, one above the over; the central larger cross (20cm high) with smaller crosses in its upper right and lower left quadrants; spirals in other quadrants; brocade/embroidery in abstract combination of pink/red, green, yellow, brown, blue… View more about description
Connections
Found at
Akhmim (Khemmis, Panopolis)
Cross-references (2)
- BM-Object Y_EA21630 tier-2
- BM-Registration 1888,0512.226 tier-2
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