Clothing Fragment
- Hilton Price Number
- HP47
- Object Type
- Clothing, Garment/dress
- Periods
- Byzantine Period to Islamic Period
- Sixth century CE/AD to Ninth century CE/AD
- Material
- Textile/fibres (Wool)
- Provenance
- Egypt, Akhmim
- Measurements
- 2 foot, 9 inches | 2 foot, 3 inches
- Number of Elements
- 1
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- Description
-
A piece of Fine Cloth, portion of a garment, of woven tapestry, in coloured wool, from a mummy of the Coptic period. 2 ft. 9 in. | 2 ft. 3 in. 6th to 9th century. Aḥmîm.
- Bibliography
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Price, Frederick George Hilton (1897) A catalogue of the Egyptian antiquities in the possession of F. G. Hilton Price. London: Quaritch. Anonymous (1911). Catalogue of the important and extensive collection of Egyptian antiquities, the property of the late F. G. Hilton-Price, Esq. [...] : which will be sold by auction by Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge [...] on Wednesday, 12th July, 1911, and two following days, and on Monday, the 17th of July, and four following days. London: Davy.
- Buyer
- Hartland
- Former Owner
- Frederick George Hilton Price (1842–1909)
- Last modified: 28 Jul 2021