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Sample of Cloth Old KingdomSaqqara

Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), acc. 90.5.43. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

Accession: 90.5.43
Find spot: Saqqara, Memphite Region, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Old Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 5
Reign: reign of Unis
Date: ca. 2353–2323 B.C.
Date range: 2353 BCE – 2323 BCE
Materials: ['linen']
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), Sample of Cloth (90.5.43). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/215927

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Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5, reign of Unis, ca. 2353–2323 B.C. Linen. 10 cm. square. From: Pyramid of King Unis, Burial Chamber, Saqqara, Memphite Region, Egypt. Credit: Gift of George F. Baker, 1890.

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A machine reading of the photograph made Jul 2026: deities, names, signs and a description as the model saw them. Not curatorial; treat it as the model's best reading, not authority.

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Found at Saqqara

Materials Textile

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